Japan's KDDI has revealed that its green base station project in Indonesia being conducted with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has been registered as an official project under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM).
The TRIBRID Project involves deploying the TRIBRID system in Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas emission of base stations that lack access to commercial-use power services.
The TRIBRID system alternates commercial-use power, solar power and late-night battery charging depending on time of day and weather conditions.
A proof of concept in Indonesia involving the deployment of TRIBRID System at 20 conventional base stations has demonstrated that the system can reduce the overall greenhouse gas emission of BTSs by up to 80%.
KDDI and NEDO said they now plan to cooperate with the Indonesian Ministry of Industry to further spread the use of TRIBRID technologies which are already in use in Japan.
The partners aim to convert 5% to 10% of the base stations in Indonesia that lack commercial-use power sources or are otherwise susceptible to power supply instability, with the goal of improving energy conservation by the equivalent of approximately 70,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.