Introduction
Benban Solar Power Park is the largest Solar complex in Africa. Benban project put Egypt on the solar power map, and has trigged a renewable revolution in the region. Hytera developed reliable communications solution for Benban to help them solve the problem of short-range coverage and unstable signals.
User
Benban Solar Power Park
Market Segment
Energy
Project Time
2020
Products
Analog Radio TC780
RD985 Repeater
MD785
Background
Benban, located in Aswan desert, has over 37 square kilometers in area. It will generate 1.5 GW in the future, which will be enough to provide renewable energy to more than one million homes.
The Benban project has totally 32 plots, developed by more than 30 companies from 12 countries, including Spain's Acciona, UAE-based Alcazar Energy, Italy's Enerray, France's Total Enren and EDF, China's Chint Solar and Norway's Scatec. The Egypt's Benban solar power park worth $4 billion, according to The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The Challenge
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Benban solar power park is an important solar project in Egypt, which has gained great attention from public and government. Once finished, it could be the icon of renewable energy in Egypt.
However, it was difficult taking a short time to install this large capacity and connect, especially in harsh environment, the middle of the desert. Also it has 37 square kilometers in area, which might be a big challenge to reach full range communication coverage.
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What's more, there are transmission towers, power towers, caravans and the concrete construction of buildings in the park, which are the main obstacles may hinder the signals.
The Solution
The Egyptian Electricity Holding company determines specific points for installing the network and gives restrict instructions for Middle East technical team about the location. According to the requirement and local situation, Hytera has developed customized solutions to customers. Hytera provided analog radios TC780, RD985 repeaters and MD785C station for full range coverage of the whole project.
Hytera RD985, a simple, smooth and cost-effective digital super repeater, can suit their needs for large communication coverage, delivering reliable and high-performance services, which can achieve analog-digital auto switch and smooth migration.
The Results
锦标赛工作人员发现Hytera DMR收音机易于使用且直观，因为他们只需拿起收音机并进行最少的培训即可操作。DMR解决方案能够处理所需的不同对话组的数量，并且能够轻松满足保持此类大型体育赛事平稳运行所需的巨大流量需求。时髦，坚固的Hytera收音机符合防震和防摔的军用标准，并且经过IP54认证，可防尘防水。这样可以最大程度地减少无线电故障和损坏。可靠的无线电通信提高了团队合作效率，并提高了整个比赛期间无缝通信的能力。这样可以确保组织者和高尔夫球场工作人员可以提供更好的服务，从而使球员能够专注于自己在高尔夫球场上的表现并享受无障碍游览。泰国的Poom Saksansin赢得了2018年PGA印度尼西亚大师赛冠军，英国的Justin Rose赢得了2017年冠军奖杯。Hytera继续利用其在复杂环境中提供可靠通信的知识，以其行业领先的PMR技术和专业知识来服务于当地社区和市场。体育赛事取得成功。