Always-On Power for Ground Stations and Terminals, Anywhere on Earth
Satellite communications depend on ground infrastructure that never sleeps. Clear Blue delivers fully managed solar and hybrid power to your ground stations, VSAT terminals, and gateway sites, ensuring 99.5% average power availability without diesel dependency or grid connections.
The Challenges of Unmanaged Infrastructure
Ground Stations in Locations the Grid Cannot Reach
Satellite ground infrastructure must be positioned for optimal coverage, not for proximity to power lines. Many ideal locations for earth stations, VSAT terminals, and gateway antennas are in remote or rural areas where utility grid connections are simply unavailable, or would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to extend.
Diesel Is Unreliable and Expensive for Always-On Equipment
Satellite links require continuous, uninterrupted power. Diesel generators demand constant fuel deliveries, routine maintenance, and on-site technician visits. In remote locations, a single missed fuel delivery or mechanical failure can take critical ground infrastructure offline for days.
Expanding Ground Infrastructure Outpaces Grid Availability
As satellite constellations grow, operators need to deploy ground stations faster and in more locations than grid infrastructure can support. Every new terminal site creates another power challenge, forcing operators to choose between costly grid extensions and unreliable diesel generation.
Satellite-Grade Power, Fully Managed
Satellite operators should be focused on communications, not power infrastructure. Your ground stations, VSAT terminals, and gateway equipment demand continuous, stable energy in locations where the grid does not exist. Clear Blue's Energy-as-a-Service model delivers exactly that.
We design, deploy, and manage solar and hybrid power systems purpose-built for the demanding uptime requirements of satellite ground infrastructure. Each system is engineered using your specific equipment load profiles, site coordinates, and historical weather data to ensure power availability matches the always-on nature of satellite links.
Through the Illumience cloud platform, our operations team monitors every ground station power system around the clock. Illumience tracks solar generation, battery state-of-health, load consumption, and incoming weather patterns in real time. When reduced solar conditions are forecast, the platform proactively adjusts charge and discharge cycles to maintain reserve capacity and protect uptime.
The result: 99.5% average power availability for your satellite ground infrastructure, delivered as a predictable monthly operating expense with no capital outlay and no fuel logistics to manage.
How Energy-as-a-Service Works
Assess & Design
We mathematically size the system to your specific weather profile and load requirements.
Deploy hardware
Hardware is installed seamlessly without the delays and costs of grid extension.
Connect to Illumience
Your system goes online, immediately sending telemetry data to our cloud platform.
We Manage, You Benefit
We monitor, forecast, and proactively manage the grid. You get reliable power.
Featured Customer Success
"Deployed Clear Blue managed solar power across 100+ VSAT terminal sites, completely eliminating diesel fuel logistics and generator maintenance. Illumience-driven remote monitoring replaced routine site visits, and the fleet achieved a sustained 99.5% average power uptime across all terminals."
99.5% Avg. Uptime for a Satellite Operator solving Powering over 100 remote VSAT terminals across developing markets where grid infrastructure was nonexistent and diesel logistics were consuming a disproportionate share of operating budgets..
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Reliable Power for Every Ground Station, Everywhere
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