18 April, 2012
Heliocentris receives follow up order from du
· First purchase order for 50 sites successfully
delivered
· Proven reductions in operating costs and CO2
emissions of more than 50% create pull for additional
installations
· Heliocentris receives purchase order for the next 57
turnkey energy efficiency and monitoring solutions
P21 GmbH, a subsidiary of Heliocentris Energy Solutions AG,
has been awarded another order from the Emirates Integrated
Telecommunications Company - du, to implement its "Genset
Efficiency" solution in 57 additional mobile network base
station sites. This order follows the initial order for 50
sites late 2011 and its successful delivery during the
first quarter of 2012.
The "Genset Efficiency" solution controls the operation of
mobile base stations' diesel generators. An automotive
style hybridization of the diesel genset with a battery in
combination with an intelligent energy management increases
efficiency and considerably reduces fuel consumption and
CO2 emissions by 50% and more. In addition, the Energy
Manager increases the transparency of operational tasks by
monitoring the network infrastructure and thus decreases
downtime of the towers.
"A successful collaboration is set to continue", says Ayad
Abul-Ella, Chief Executive of Heliocentris Energy Solutions
AG. "We are proud about the trust and positive momentum we
receive from a leading customer like du. This follow-up
order once again confirms the quality and attractiveness of
our Energy Management System for telecom operators and
provides an important contribution to reach the double
digit revenue we plan in the Middle East and Africa region
already in 2013."
du is an innovative, dynamic telecommunication services
provider. With a rapidly increasing market share and a
total of more than five million active mobile subscribers
it is the fastest growing telecom company in the UAE.
Hatem Bamatraf, Executive Vice President - Network
Development and Operations, du, said: "Operating our base
transceiver station (BTS) sites as eco friendly as possible
is a major goal within our environmental-friendly
initiative of du. We are satisfied with the solution
offered by Heliocentris as the first installations showed
that the technology achieved the expected high savings in
fuel consumption of over 50 % and reduction of generator
runtimes of around 75%. The runtime reduction has the
additional benefit of extended maintenance intervals
lowering the operating expenses even more as well as
reducing downtimes. We are glad to expand our partnership
basis the satisfying experience of the collaboration."
But these solutions not only reduce energy and operating
costs, they also make a major contribution to reducing
carbon dioxide emissions. "We are proud that for some sites
we even could achieve greater savings than initially
demonstrated in the trial phase, thus assisting du in
becoming even more environmentally friendly", Ayad
Abul-Ella concluded.
The P21 branch office, located in Silicon Oasis, Dubai,
will manage the implementation of this significant project.
It has started operations end of 2011 with local staff
including Sales, Solution Engineering and Project
Management. "This underlines the importance of the Middle
East Africa region as a growth driver and is at the same
time a further sign of our strong commitment to this
region", says Michael Kutschenreuter, the General Manager
of the Middle East Africa Business of Heliocentris/P21 and
the Managing Director of the Dubai Branch.
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