Could you expand on the importance of implementing solar energy initiatives within M:Tel?

The main goal is to reduce opex without reducing stability.  We have had a hybrid installations power supply systems (solar, wind, batteries) for base stations back in 2005 but it didn’t turn out to be the best solution (stability, ROI).
Implementing solar systems in any form is always attractive because the technical solutions are more and more typical and the price of solar installations has been constantly decreasing and will continue that trend.

What do you see as the biggest challenge over the next 12 months in trying to make your operations more energy efficient? 

Since the scope of the project is to install solar systems on an on-grid base station, the biggest challenge would be to comply with the electrical utilities regulations and the way they evaluate electrical energy produced and exported to electrical grid.

What type of solutions can help telecom companies to reduce energy consumption and support increasing consumer demand for telecommunications? 

There are classical solutions like zero watt-zero load policy, more energy efficient rectifiers and more efficient cooling solutions. It is evident that most of the time it really comes to gaining a small fractions of energy efficiency percentage.
If local (or state) energy policy of subsidizing renewable is positive and if your infrastructure meets the requirements for installation, then I would recommend solar.

Can you elaborate on how your company is implementing renewable energy initiatives?

We are not trying to turn each baste station into the solar power plant because of the technical limitations. The main goal is to install the solar capacity that would satisfy amount of kWh consumed by equipment in on-grid mode. In that way we have continuity in power supply and cutting the energy bill. All of the excessive kWh (not the €’s) will be taken into account for the following months.

What would you like to achieve by attending the 11th Telecoms Energy Efficiency EMEA Forum? 

Clearly, there is a great necessity in reducing energy consumption. It is the intelligent ways of implementing the state of the art technologies and solutions that I hope to hear and  learn at the11th Telecoms Energy Efficiency Forum.


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Ahead of the 11th Telecoms Energy Efficiency Forum: EMEA Edition, we spoke with Boris Acimovic, Head of Electric Supply and Installations at m:tel, about the importance of implementing solar energy initiatives within M:Tel and how M:Tel is implementing renewable energy initiatives.

 
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An interview with Boris Acimovic, Head of Electric Supply and Installations at m:tel

Boris Acimovic, Head of Electric Supply and Installations at m:tel

About the Speaker:

As the Head of electric power supply and installations department, Boris is responsible of the energy sector and for implementing new technologies within M:tel BiH. Efforts have recently been made towards EU directives, working on energy management and ways to implement energy audit in the company, like implementing one scada system that oversees energy systems in data centers, and access networks, as well as connects to a surveillance system umbrella.
Boris is currently working on a solar systems implementation project in accessing network as a way of reducing opex. The project mostly deals with energy price regulations of electric companies and solar system energy export to the grid. Boris has 14 years of experience in managing energy and construction projects for data centers, hybrid energy solutions, and power systems in telecom.

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