Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

Not as far, I know here in Europe. Why should they. For sure, they have batterys for one hour or so. But there is no second electric connection, to a diffrent electric grid. Something like that does not really exist, because our electric grid was not planed in mind for a such situation.

Re: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

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Post by izacus » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 2:18 PM UTC

_trampeltier wrote: post #4

raverbashing wrote: post #2

That seems like a stretch Mobile stations are usually very well prepared for power redundancy

Not as far, I know here in Europe. Why should they. For sure, they have batterys for one hour or so. But there is no second electric connection, to a diffrent electric grid. Something like that does not really exist, because our electric grid was not planed in mind for a such situation.

Most main base stations have diesel generators, not second power grid.

Re: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

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Post by maxsilver » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 2:19 PM UTC

A typical cell tower uses 4kW to 5kW, sometimes less (at least in the states). That's reasonably close to a standard home's central air conditioner, or a home's electric stove/oven/range.

I'd be highly surprised if, of all possible things, this is where they want to cut to lower electricity usage.

Re: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

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Post by bobbob1921 » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 2:21 PM UTC

izacus wrote: post #5

_trampeltier wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not as far, I know here in Europe. Why should they. For sure, they have batterys for one hour or so. But there is no second electric connection, to a diffrent electric grid. Something like that does not really exist, because our electric grid was not planed in mind for a such situation.

Most main base stations have diesel generators, not second power grid.

Or if like in USA commonly are fueled by natural gas infrastructure, or propane in a tank (as well as the Diesel, althou that is less common)

Re: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

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Post by doix » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 2:24 PM UTC

I've been in South Africa for the last month, which has had an energy crisis since around 2007 and somehow they manage to keep mobile networks up during load shedding. There are 2:30 hour (sometimes 4:30 hour) blackouts daily and yet everything seems to keep chugging along.

Mobile towers are probably have some of the highest electricity:benefit ratios out there, it would be silly to not prioritize them.

Re: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

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Post by bitcharmer » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC

nivenkos wrote: post #3

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So appeasement then? Please show one example when cowering to the bully actually solved the issue.

Re: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

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Post by neonsunset » Thu, Sep 29, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC

Imagine using easily expendable and non-renewable resources, subjecting the very processes our civilization is sustained by to a great risk of failure while having an almost inexhaustible source of energy that was invented more than 50 years ago.

Surely that would be a madness and no reasonable organization would do this, right?