Greentech Lead India: Flexenclosure, a provider of intelligent
telecom power management solutions, has received a SEK1.6M grant from Sweden’s
Innovation Agency to develop biogas as a renewable energy source for telecom
base stations.
The grant from Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation Agency, is
part of the Forska&Väx (Research&Grow) program aimed at supporting
Swedish research and development.
The project focuses on India as a pilot market, motivated by
Flexenclosure’s local presence in India and its partners, market size, and
tough regulatory requirements for the use of green technology in
telecommunications.
The funding comes at a time when the Government of India is
planning to promote renewable energy investments in telecom sector.
Recently Farooq Abdullah, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy said
the government is planning to promote the use of green energy in
telecommunications sector based on the recommendations from TRAI.
Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued directions to the
licensees in this regard. They stipulate that at least 50 percent of all rural
telecom towers and 20 percent of the urban towers are to be powered by hybrid
power (Renewable Energy Technologies + Grid Power) by 2015 while 75 percent of
rural towers and 33 percent of urban towers are to be powered by such systems
by 2020.
The funding marks significant milestone for Flexenclosure as
it expands the company’s green product offerings beyond solar and wind power to
include systems with biogas as a renewable energy source.
The funds will be used for the development of biogas as an
alternative power source for eSite, Flexenclosure’s single cabinet fully
integrated energy system developed for powering both on- and off-grid base
stations. In addition to biogas, the system will use wind, solar, electricity
grid and diesel generator power.
eSite is capable of delivering up to 90 percent savings on
diesel and energy-related operating expenses thanks to its ability to deliver extremely
energy efficient power solutions to any telecom site without reliable grid
power.
With the eSite portfolio, Flexenclosure delivers a highly
energy efficient and economical power solution for any base station site — whether on- or off-grid. A fully integrated and optimized solution, end-to-end,
eSite consistently achieves up to 90 per cent diesel savings, and equally high
reductions in energy related operating expenses and CO2 emissions.
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