by Ann Withanee — January 7, 2011—Eltek Valere, a world leader in high efficiency power systems, launched a new solar hybrid outdoor DC power system specifically designed for the Indian telecom market, according to the company.
The Indian telecom market is large and a lot of the infrastructure is located in places with no, or poor, grid power availability. In order to keep the infrastructure up and running, more than 300,000 diesel generators are running daily to provide this power.
This represents an enormous cost and has a significant environmental impact. Eltek Valere’s solar hybrid system addresses this challenge as it offers a total solution that uses solar energy to augment and optimize the use of the generators.
“Compared to traditional use of generators we are very proud to be able to offer our customers an operational saving of up to 80 percent on energy cost,” said Krishna Pant, Country Manager for Eltek Valere in India.
The system is based upon Eltek Valere’s long experience in the Indian market and its high efficiency Flatpack2 HE Solar power system, which delivers unrivaled performance in terms of energy efficiency, heat loss, solar panel utilization, lightning/surge protection, modularity and reliability, according to the company.
Four to six solar panels can be connected to each Flatpack2 HE Solar converter, which converts the solar power into controlled 48VDC for supply to telecom equipment. The centre of the solution is the advanced Smartpack monitoring and control unit that optimizes the system with regard to battery performance, network management, diesel consumption on hybrid sites as well as controlling additional Flatpack2 HE rectifiers where applicable.
Eltek Valere is a technology leader developing and marketing high-efficiency (HE) power solutions for telecom and industrial applications. The company also has a growing business in renewable markets, such as photovoltaic grid inverters and chargers for electric vehicles. Indian headquarters for Eltek Valere is in Guragon.
More information is at the Web site.
