At last week’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, California-based Caban Systems announced its Monaco energy management and storage system for telecoms operators that require battery-as-a-service for grid connected sites.

The industry lacks effective energy management technologies for mobile sites, which has led to higher costs for operators. With Monaco, Caban is providing a vertically integrated, intelligent and maintenance-free energy platform that includes features such as peak shaving and smart charging.

It can be paired with the company’s Continuo dashboard, an intuitive cloud-based portal that provides operators with round-the-clock monitoring and real-time control to increase efficiency and cost savings.

Users can save on operating costs with Monaco through a feature that allows the battery management system to charge during non-peak hours and distribute energy during peak hours, which can result in up to twenty per cent savings on energy costs.

Monaco’s compact, modular design is suitable for urban sites where space is tight. The energy management platform uses high-density lithium-ion batteries and an integrated high efficiency thermal management system designed and manufactured in the USA, ensuring rapid deployability and strong quality control.

“With the Monaco platform, clients receive all of Caban’s industry-leading hardware and software technologies packaged into a more compact, energy efficient design,” said Brian Pevear, Caban’s CTO. “It’s a tremendous achievement that not only results in significant cost savings for users but, with our fully-integrated platform, installation times can be reduced to a few hours in most cases.”

Caban offers turnkey clean energy products that replace fossil fuel generators and short-lived lead-acid batteries. These operate as a primary source of power for critical infrastructure in both remote and urban locales. The company’s energy-as-a-service (EaaS) model reduces opex and increases reliability. The zero-maintenance system has a life expectancy of more than ten years, reducing operational costs on most telecoms sites by more than a quarter.

Monaco is the most recent addition to Caban’s products and services, including its flagship Enduro platform, a lithium-ion energy storage system designed to thrive in harsh environments, providing clean power as a primary or backup system with reliable uptime. With the energy management capabilities of Monaco, Caban is well positioned to provide battery-as-a-service for grid connections, which account for over 80% of all wireless network sites, including private networks and fixed network hubs.

“Caban Systems’ best-in-class lithium-ion technology has been proven across hundreds of sites with our Enduro platform,” said Alexandra Rasch, CEO of Caban Systems. “Now, we are thrilled to launch Monaco’s energy management system and extend the economic and energy efficient impact of our battery systems to more customers, globally. At Caban, we help customers through the telecom industry’s clean energy transition by facilitating scope one, scope two and scope three GHG compliance protocols across their network.”

All the hardware is designed and manufactured by Caban, based in Burlingame, California.