Indus Towers, India’s largest telecom infrastructure company,
achieves a key milestone in its sustainable telecom journey by converting half
of its portfolio to green sites. In line with its commitment towards protecting
the environment, the company has made significant progress in expanding its
green sites portfolio to over 62,000 mobile sites across India. Today, Indus
Towers operates more than 86,200 sites as outdoor sites, totalling to 70% of
portfolio, by eliminating usage of air-conditioners at such sites.
Marquee initiatives like ‘Shut AC’ program coupled with
deployment of disruptive storage solutions have resulted in - significant
reduction in direct carbon emissions equivalent to planting 27 million trees
and diesel savings of 200 million litres in last five years. Since its
inception in 2008, the company has consistently worked towards creating value
for all its stakeholders in a sustainable manner with commitment towards green
initiatives and ‘Putting India First’. Technology innovations continue to be the
backbone of every change envisaged at Indus Towers with focus on driving down
environmental impact while enabling uninterrupted telecommunication networks.
Speaking on the occasion, Bimal Dayal, Chief Executive
Officer, Indus Towers said, “Our vision is to achieve diesel
free operations and we are actively exploring deployment of new-age solutions
to reach this goal. Technology and innovation remain to be at the core of all
our business operations as we focus on sustainable telecom journey for a better
India.”
Leveraging innovation and technology to reduce environmental
impact
Indus Towers uses high-energy efficiency solutions to achieve
maximum power output and has been deploying Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA)
batteries at its sites. Implementing environment-friendly initiatives such as
Solar Cooling Units (SCUs) and Simple Power Solutions (SPSs) at sites, the
company has saved nearly 40 per cent energy savings since inception. An SCU is
a smart and innovative solution that runs independent of power from a grid,
battery or diesel and is charged with solar energy. It also uses natural air as
its coolant, with zero cost of cooling. The company is also testing Hybrid
solar, fuel cells, bio-mass and CNG/PNG energy solutions to power mobile
towers.
Energy Use and conservation
One of the accomplishments towards reducing significant power
consumption has been replacing air-conditioning with Free Cooling Units (FCUs)
and Natural Cooling Units (NCUs) to maximise the conversion of Indoor (ID) to
Outdoor (OD) as a part of SHUT AC initiative. The company has reduced energy
consumption in mobile towers in addition to lowering carbon emissions.
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