Orun Energy

Orun Energy Co-Founded by Kwabenah Smith is a pioneer indigenous low-cost base station fabricator.Russell Southwood of Balancing Act discusses their cost savings strategy with company partner Joe Jackson who stated that:

The design for the original GSM base station originated in Scandinavia and not much has changed since then. The equipment has to be kept at 22 degrees and as a result there is a tremendous amount of cooling in the African context. The equipment all runs on DC at 48V. There is a diesel generator which also powers an inverter which charges a battery. The equipment works off the battery and this approach is fairly ubiquitous across Africa.
Orun has sought to address these issues by adopting a three-pronged approach: thermal management, hybrid power and oil and fuel management. The first of these approaches addresses the problem of cooling and how to reduce its costs. Orun insulates the base station container by using cold room technology. In addition, it uses ceramic paint (to absorb solar heat) and puts in Phase Change Material that equalizes the temperature by both absorbing and giving off heat when required...[continue reading]

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