Order expands eSite hybrid in Myanmar

The multi-million dollar order from OCK Yangon is for 80 fully integrated eSite systems, complete with batteries and gensets. Flexenclosure has full turnkey responsibility for system manufacturing, supply, delivery, installation and final commissioning. Construction has been completed at Flexenclosure’s factory in Sweden; training has been conducted for OCK’s Operations and Maintenance teams; and the ordered units have started to be installed and commissioned at OCK’s sites.

Telenor is the anchor tenant for OCK’s sites. In 2013 Norway’s Telenor won a licence for a new mobile telephony network in Myanmar, precipitating the largest green-field network rollout in history. Their overall goal is to increase network coverage from just 10% of the population to over 80% by 2018. Since then more than 1,200 of Flexenclosure’s eSites have been deployed in both urban and remote rural areas in Myanmar, overcoming significant practical and environmental challenges in the process.

”We are delighted to yet again be chosen to supply hybrid power solutions in one of the most demanding yet exciting markets in the world,” said David King, CEO, Flexenclosure. This eSite deal with OCK further cements the position as the leading hybrid power system supplier in Myanmar, and it’s the only vendor providing systems to three different tower companies in the country, King added.

eSite is a hybrid power system for base station sites in areas where grid power is either unreliable or unavailable. Combining any available combination of battery, grid, renewable and genset power sources, eSite is designed to support 24/7 network uptime and cut diesel-related costs and CO2 emissions by up to 90%. eSite is also designed to be used in a shared tower environment where it can provide power to several mobile telecommunications base stations.