According to a statement, the site was identified through an environmental assessment, calculating its viability for renewable power. Its back up, should wind and sunlight ever prove insufficient, is a generator powered by hydrotreated vegetable oil. The latter is described in the statement as a “as a green fuel, produced from a variety of waste and residual oils.”
BT Group expects the site to deliver approximately 17,000kWh of wind and solar energy per year, the equivalent, it says, of 100,000 hot showers. Hundreds of additional locations for similar sites have also been identified.
BT Group chief networks officer, Greg McCall, said: “Delivering ubiquitous coverage is critically important in an age where connectivity has never been so central to everyday life. But it absolutely must be done in a responsible and sustainable manner.
“It’s paramount that we increase the energy-efficiency of our networks, and so we’re really excited about the potential of self-powering sites in enabling us to meet both our sustainability and connectivity ambitions.”
BT has stated its ambition to become a net zero business by 2031. Its networks currently account for around 89 per cent of its total energy consumption.
