Huawei recently showcased its next-generation digital and intelligent site power facility solution, Single SitePower, at the 9th Global ICT Energy Efficiency Summit in Dubai. This solution is set to drive the intelligent transformation of ICT energy infrastructure.
Held under the theme ‘Green Site, Building an Intelligent Future,’ the summit brought together industry leaders and energy experts from leading operators, tower companies and industry organizations worldwide who gathered to discuss the energy transition for greener ICT.
Energy consumption surges as challenges mount
According to James Chen, president of Huawei’s Carrier Business, the levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) of solar systems and batteries keep declining, and their payback periods have become shorter, presenting key opportunities for operators and tower companies to achieve the green energy transition.
Huawei integrates digital and power electronic technologies, drives intelligent transformation through high-quality products, and continuously develops innovative energy infrastructure solutions for the digital industry. These efforts will accelerate the green energy transition and promote the sustainable development of operators and tower companies, paving the way for a better, greener future.
Global operators and tower companies are facing a wide range of energy challenges. The communications industry consumes 2.5 percent of the world’s electricity, with base stations accounting for over 60 percent. Along with the rapid development of new technologies such as AI, network traffic and energy consumption are surging. Additionally, power shortages, aging infrastructure and natural disasters put immense strain on network resilience and evolution.
Four synergies to accelerate site intelligence
Michel Fraisse, vice president of Huawei Digital Power’s Site Power Facility Domain, said the Single SitePower solution leverages technological innovations to develop intelligent synergy systems such as Solar-Battery Synergy, Power-Grid Synergy, Power-RAN Synergy and Power-Service Synergy, helping operators build simple, green, resilient and safe sites.
Based on Huawei’s iSolar green site solution, solar systems and batteries can be deployed at sites to ensure diverse energy supplies, reducing the risk of site breakdown due to external energy environment changes. Moreover, the Solar-Battery Synergy technology enables the total integration of surplus solar energy, increasing the energy yield by 55 percent compared with the traditional solution.
Meanwhile, Huawei’s iGrid grid adaptation technology helps base stations run stably even in the case of frequent power outages and weak grids. In Africa, for instance, this technology has helped operators improve the site power availability (PAV) from 60 percent to 99.9 percent in areas with frequent power outages.
Furthermore, Huawei’s unique adaptive power backup technology doubles the power backup time for communication services without changing the battery configuration. In Europe, the solution has helped operators cope with large-scale power outages, with the power backup time drastically extended from 2.5 hours to more than 7 hours.
Finally, Huawei’s O&M management system integrates AI diagnosis to implement proactive analysis, risk prediction, precise fault locating, rapid root cause analysis and precise energy scheduling. This improves network O&M efficiency and fault recovery speed, enhances network resilience, and reduces OPEX by 50 percent.
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Huawei launches initiative for green actions with key partners
Green and low-carbon development has become one of the mainstream trends in the ICT energy industry. At the event, Huawei, operators and tower companies jointly launched an initiative for green actions. Frost & Sullivan analyzed the changes and green transition trends in the global energy industry, while operators and tower companies shared their success stories and in-depth insights into the transformation of ICT energy infrastructure based on their practices in green and low-carbon development, digitalization and intelligence.
As more sites are going green and low-carbon, the number of old and new lithium batteries at telecom sites is steadily rising. However, the application risks of low-quality lithium batteries endanger the asset safety of operators and tower companies, while also undermining the stable and reliable operation of communication networks. The safety application of lithium batteries has also become one of the main topics of this event.
Looking ahead, Huawei will continue to focus on technology and solution innovation, and work with industry partners such as operators, tower companies and standards organizations to deepen communication and cooperation. Huawei will also intensify efforts to promote AI applications in the digital energy infrastructure industry, driving industrial development through digital and intelligent technologies.
