With 2% of the world’s total energy consumption attributed to telcos and traditional power solutions racking up significant costs to deploy and maintain, there is a need for telecom players to exercise prudence when it comes to powering their base stations in off-grid areas. Renewable energy has surfaced as a viable power alternative, with a considerably smaller footprint, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and ease in upkeep. In this issue we put the spotlight on solar solutions for the telecom space, featuring Emerson Network Power’s Solar MPPT System.   Market Drivers: Making a Case for Renewables Renewables have surfaced as a viable option for telcos when it comes to their power solutions. Utilizing renewable energy allows telcos to continue on with their expansion to off-grid areas while reducing operating costs and environmental damage. Solar energy, for example, requires significantly lesser operation, transmission and maintenance. Market Trends: Solar Becoming An Important Part to the Renewable Energy’s Equation Solar power has been a key energy source for various applications in developed nations including Telecom industry  for some time now and adoption in Asia has been slow. However, the trend is seemingly changing with many Asian Telecom players leveraging on solar energy source to power up their off-grid sites and demand for hybrid/solar solutions growing in leaps and folds. Asia is, after all, a region that is blessed with year round sunshine. Market Enablers: Emerson Network Power Solar MPPT System Emerson Network Power’s Solar MPPT System integrates reliable DC power system, solar power system and high quality outdoor protection cabinet to provide a reliable power supply solution with hybrid power sources of solar, wind, grid or diesel.
	Making a Case for Renewables The number of issues faced by telcos when putting up a base station is said to be directly proportional to how off-grid the site is. As carriers go further off-grid, site deployment grows more challenging, with issues on fuel logistics, pilferage, maintenance, carbon emissions and noise pollution arising. More Solar Becoming An Important Part to the Renewable Energy’s Equation Renewable energy can help telcos bridge the gap between nonrenewable resources and natural gas; limiting the need for coal and oil. Hybrid power systems optimize the usage of available renewable resources and operate the generator set at peak efficiency points, providing breakthrough reductions in total cost of ownership (TCO), decreasing fuel consumption, and maximizing system reliability. More Emerson Network Power Solar MPPT System Emerson Network Power’s Solar MPPT System integrates reliable DC power system, solar power system and high quality outdoor protection cabinet to provide a reliable power supply solution with hybrid power sources of solar, wind, grid or diesel. In addition to the heat exchanger, surge protection and DC power distribution, the installation space for communication equipment is also optimized in this system. More
	Best in class products that display technology leadership, indoor and outside solutions that are modular but can be fully customized as well as network wide monitoring and Energy management solutions that integrate service support around Asia will be featured in future editions of CommsConnect.