2Helix Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:36:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Helix-Shaped Vertical Wind Turbines Will Power GSM Towers in Africa & US https://www.greenoptimistic.com/helix-shaped-vertical-wind-turbines-will-power-gsm-towers-in-africa-us-20091001/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/helix-shaped-vertical-wind-turbines-will-power-gsm-towers-in-africa-us-20091001/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:36:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4608 Too often, regardless of the energy sources being used, the GSM transmission towers' power fails, because of various reasons: theft, heavy rain/snow, disturbances in the grid lines. Helix, a San Diego-based wind company, is working on a wind turbine that is designed to power base stations in hard to reach, remote locations from Africa and the US.

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