Early in 2008, Alpha’s Indonesian distributor, P.T. Graha Fatta, won the first phase of a solar power system project installation for the largest cellular operator in Indonesia. The systems’ installation took place on the Sumatra and Kalimantan islands, two of its largest islands.

Today’s shifting trend towards going green was a big motivation for the cellular provider. Replacing its fossil-fuel powered generators with the new solar power system will dramatically reduce high energy fuel costs and labor maintenance costs in its cellular BTS stations, and will improve their overall network reliability on remote islands.

When fully operational, the system will provide 1000W of continuous power 24 hours a day. With an estimated time of two to three years to completion, the installation will produce an average of 12.5kW annually generated from an approximate number of sixty 170W photovoltaic panels per site. The project’s transmission equipment manufacturers, will be able to use the solar-generated energy to power their DC equipment.

The Alpha / P.T. Graha Fatta solution was first introduced in fall 2007, with the final sale and approval made only after the construction of a sample system. In the last year, we have helped design eleven successful installations for cellular communications in Indonesia, and have received orders for 30 more solar energy systems to be installed on smaller islands throughout.