MNOs, towercos and telecom infrastructure operators run some of the largest distributed diesel networks on earth. Velox turns that liability into three simultaneous value streams: energy savings, certifiable carbon credits and a certified environmental data layer.
What operators face across a distributed tower network today.
The standard response to tower energy cost is solar panels. That solves one problem — the fuel bill — and leaves two significant value streams entirely uncaptured. Velox is designed to capture all three simultaneously, from the same infrastructure point.
Hybrid wind and solar displaces 35-55% of diesel consumption per tower site. The savings compound at portfolio scale — and protect against fuel price volatility that solar-only cannot address on cloudy or windless days.
Each litre of diesel displaced generates a measurable, timestamped CO2 avoidance — certifiable under Gold Standard by an accredited third party. Credits are not automatic but certifiable from day one of production.
Each Velox node captures temperature, humidity, wind, pressure and air quality — continuously, at site level. Tower networks are already deployed where this data is most scarce and most valuable: remote areas, exposed zones, markets with no ground-truth climate measurement.
In Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, energy represents up to 60% of tower opex. Diesel prices have surged 40-200% in major markets over two years. The transition is no longer optional — it is being forced by economics, carbon obligations and investor ESG pressure simultaneously.
5G requires 2-3x more energy per tower than 4G, and tower density must increase fourfold for equivalent coverage. Deploying 5G on a diesel-dependent model is, in most African markets, economically prohibitive.
Operators transitioning now are building the energy foundation that 5G requires — and capturing carbon credit revenue that partly funds the transition.
Direct fuel cost reduction across your active tower base. Carbon credits as a secondary revenue stream. Scope 1 data for ESG reporting.
IHS, American Tower Africa, Helios: hybrid infrastructure improves tower opex and creates certified carbon and environmental data that strengthens your ESG narrative with investors.
Telecom tower clusters are ideal anchor clients for distributed hybrid generation — predictable consumption, remote locations, MRV data requirements.
MRV-compatible production data from tower deployments supports GCF, AfDB and World Bank climate finance access — for operators and infrastructure funds.
European and North American towercos and MNOs are not facing diesel bills — but they are facing CSRD disclosure obligations, investor ESG pressure, rising electricity costs from 5G densification, and the need for certified Scope 1/2 data across their distributed infrastructure.
Listed towercos manage tens of thousands of towers across Europe and North America. They are publicly traded, under institutional investor ESG scrutiny, and face CSRD mandatory climate disclosure from 2025. Their Scope 1/2 data challenge is structural: distributed infrastructure, fragmented energy reporting, no standardised environmental monitoring.
Velox creates a standardised monitoring layer across tower portfolios — certified production data, CO2 metrics and environmental signals, aggregated from actual sites rather than estimated from billing data.
5G densification multiplies per-tower energy consumption 2-3x. For operators managing 20,000+ European tower sites, on-site hybrid generation reduces the electricity bill and creates a resilience buffer against grid events — while generating the certified production data that supports green bond issuance.
From 2025, large European companies and listed entities must disclose climate data under CSRD. For towercos, this means Scope 1/2 data across thousands of distributed sites. Velox generates certified, auditable production and environmental data at site level — replacing estimates with field measurements.
Towercos increasingly finance infrastructure through green bonds. Certified on-site renewable production — documented, continuous, auditable — directly supports green bond eligibility criteria and strengthens the ESG narrative for institutional investors and rating agencies.
The right first deployment targets a cluster of 20-100 towers where diesel cost, carbon impact or ESG data value can be measured quickly and used to justify portfolio-scale rollout.
Highest diesel cost, lowest grid reliability, strongest ESG visibility or most exposed to carbon reporting obligations.
Assess fuel consumption, grid conditions, wind/solar exposure and carbon certification pathway per site.
1-2 WindPalm units per tower. Production, carbon and environmental data active from day one via portfolio dashboard.
Certified pilot results — fuel savings, CO2 avoided, ESG data — used to unlock portfolio rollout and climate finance.
Whether you operate in diesel-heavy African markets or manage a European towerco portfolio under ESG pressure — tell us about your context and we will model the energy, carbon and data value for your infrastructure.
