Powering Sustainable Connectivity: curveIQ’s Low-Cost Solution for Remote Telecom Sites

Date: Monday, Oct 13

Time: 13:00 - 13:15 (15 mins)

Session Types: Pitch

Remote telecommunications infrastructure in underserved areas faces critical sustainability challenges.

Solar-powered sites, vital for connectivity, grapple with high failure rates and operational costs driven by battery degradation and inefficient energy management. Traditional approaches struggle with harsh environments (e.g., high heat, humidity, variable sunlight) and complex battery chemistries like Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) or Lead Acid.

Key issues include:

1. Premature Battery Failure: Dominated by calendar aging accelerated by temperature extremes and suboptimal state-of-charge management, leading to frequent, costly replacements and site downtime.

2. Energy Inefficiency: Significant power wasted on unnecessary active cooling (e.g., air conditioning) and inefficient charging/float strategies, demanding larger, costlier solar arrays and batteries.

3. Operational Complexity & Cost: Maintaining cell balance in battery banks and managing sites remotely is complex, requiring skilled technicians and increasing operational expenditure (OPEX), hindering deployment in low-resource economies.

This session will introduce curveIQ, an overarching control system designed to tackle these issues head-on.

We will discuss its field-tested, algorithmic approach to thermal management using passive cooling, depth-of-discharge optimization using cloud forecasts, intelligent cell balancing, and efficient float strategies.

We will also discuss its other capabilities, including direct innovations pertaining to telecommunications site security and redundancy.

The focus is on how these innovations demonstrably extend hardware lifespan, reduce energy waste, lower OPEX, and enhance site resilience, making remote telecom deployments more viable and sustainable across diverse economic contexts.

Moderators/Speakers: Matthew J