Energy-saving standards for the communications industry are expected to be introduced by the end of the year

From the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the 10th, we learned that with the accelerating speed of 3G construction, the communications industry has been included in the key areas of energy conservation. By the end of this year, energy-saving standards in the communications sector are expected to be upgraded to national standards and will be introduced at the end of the year.

According to industry sources, in the increasingly fierce competition in telecommunications, the energy-saving campaign led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will prompt operators to carry out a cost revolution and become a new profit growth point.

3G Construction Brings New Challenges for Energy Saving

In the traditional concept, the communication industry is a typical low energy and high efficiency industry. "But with the accelerating speed of China's 3G construction, energy-saving issues can no longer be ignored." Liu Liqing, president of the China Communications Enterprise Association, said:

At the beginning of 3G construction, the total number of mobile communication base stations in China was only over 400,000. However, after the operators rapidly expanded the supplementary stations, only the total number of base stations of China Unicom had caught up with the total number of base stations of China Mobile GSM, reaching more than 300,000. .

While the three major operators are scrambling to take time to build base stations, they have also brought about greater and greater energy consumption. Taking the most popular GSM base station as an example, a typical indoor macro base station is configured with 12 carrier frequencies and an average power consumption of 1600 watts. Then, with a quantity of 225,000 indoor macro base stations, the annual power consumption is close to 3.2 billion kilowatts. At the time, based on the calculation of industrial electricity consumption of 0.6 yuan/kWh, only the base station electricity tariff was close to 2 billion yuan.

From the point of view of the energy consumption distribution of the entire industry, the energy consumption of the base station equipment accounts for 90%, which is the key to the energy saving of the mobile communication network.

In this regard, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Research Institute said that the Ministry of Industry will focus on the next step to promote the standardization of base station design to improve the industry's access threshold and reduce overall power consumption.

He said that a large number of industry standards for energy-saving parameters and test methods for mobile communication base station equipment have been completed and are being reported to the approval stage.

China Mobile seizes energy-saving opportunities

Energy conservation not only brings social benefits, but also brings economic benefits. According to experts' estimates, the power consumption of communication equipment drops by 1 kilowatt each, the investment cost for supporting communications power system and computer room air conditioner equipment is reduced by about 19,700 yuan, and electricity consumption is reduced by about 16,700 kilowatt-hours per year. The related operating and maintenance costs are only A one-year electricity bill can save 15,100 yuan.

Liu Liqing said that the SASAC has listed telecommunications operators as a company of concern and clearly defined its energy-saving and emission reduction targets as an important item for the evaluation of corporate leaders.

At present, China Mobile has already completed its goal of reducing its energy consumption by 40% during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” in advance. Industry sources said that this achievement will help the company gain the initiative in the future competition. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in addition to the standard for base station construction, “this year will also upgrade the two technical reports on energy saving parameters and test methods for mobile phones and mobile terminal equipment parameters and test methods to national standards. Two industry standards will be introduced at the end of this year. ”