In recent years, Low Power-Wide Area Networks gained momentum thanks to their inherent capabilities to support Internet of Things services with broad geographical coverage. Among them, the Long Range Wide Area Network standard, recently promoted by the LoRa T M Alliance, is emerging as one of the most promising solution capable to provide a radio coverage up to tens of kilometers with very low data rates, while working in the unlicensed sub-GHz band. This paper focuses on Long Range Wide Area Networks and sheds some light on the feasibility of fully cable-less Internet of Things deployments, where dual-radio gateways are fed by a photovoltaic plant and equipped with a wireless backhaul. As a first step, the power needs of a dualradio gateway, serving a mix of realistic Machine-to-Machine applications and leveraging different combinations of front-end chipsets and backhaul wireless technologies, are investigated. Then, the achieved results are properly employed to size the photovoltaic plant, as well as to estimate its installation costs and land acquisition. Finally, cost-saving and carbon footprints analysis is presented to demonstrate the socioeconomic benefits arising out of these cable-less deployments for Long Range Wide Area Networks. The conducted study clearly exhibits that network operators can achieve their break-even point during the early stages after the deployment, while adopting environmentfriendly approaches because of carbon emission savings achieved by renewable energy.