Hybrid Energy Production Analysis and Modelling for Radio Access Network Supply

Greta Vallero, Michela Meo

2021

Abstract

To move towards sustainability, Renewable Energy Sources (RES) have started to partially substitute fossil fuels based energy generation. Also for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem supply, and in particular in the Radio Access Networks (RANs), the usage of PV panels has been considered an effective solution. Since the communication infrastructure has to be powered continuously, to face the problem of the absence of the Photovoltaic (PV) panel energy production during the night, we consider a hybrid solution, composed by a PV panel and a wind turbine, for the supply of Base Stations (BSs). Starting from the characterisation of wind energy production, we assess the impact of the employment of the combination of these RES on the excesses and deficits of energy production, highlighting that the hybrid solution better fits the BS energy demand. In order to predict performance, we build polynomial models, which highlight the effects of the variation of the installed wind and solar capacities.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Vallero G. and Meo M. (2021). Hybrid Energy Production Analysis and Modelling for Radio Access Network Supply. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS, ISBN 978-989-758-512-8, pages 131-141. DOI: 10.5220/0010423601310141

in Bibtex Style

@conference{smartgreens21,
author={Greta Vallero and Michela Meo},
title={Hybrid Energy Production Analysis and Modelling for Radio Access Network Supply},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,},
year={2021},
pages={131-141},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010423601310141},
isbn={978-989-758-512-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Smart Cities and Green ICT Systems - Volume 1: SMARTGREENS,
TI - Hybrid Energy Production Analysis and Modelling for Radio Access Network Supply
SN - 978-989-758-512-8
AU - Vallero G.
AU - Meo M.
PY - 2021
SP - 131
EP - 141
DO - 10.5220/0010423601310141