Customer story: Flexenclosure Energy Control System

Flexenclosure is a Swedish company that provides the telecom market with unique solutions for basestation infrastructure. The new system is called e-Site and is a hybrid energy system using wind power, solar panels and diesel generator as back up. The system is sold to telecom operators in mainly rural development countries such as Africa and Asia. The solution gives up to 80% less cost of operation!

Wind power station and solar panels in the sky

During 2008 Alelion and Flexenclosure agreed on a new development project where the complete electronic platform should be developed by Alelion in close cooperation with Flexenclosure. The first release of SW was launched 15/4 2009 and now the system is rolled out for trials for a number of customers. During the fall of 2009 the hardware will be replaces with a tailor-made system from Alelion that will decrease the cost by more than 65% and give better performance and stability. The system is handling all energy flows and measures and optimizes the battery capacity. The batteries are today advanced lead acid and will be replaced by Lithium in the coming years to improve the business case and environmental impact.