China’s Implementation Plan for Promoting Coordinated Digital and Green
Transformation (2026–2030) targets green, low‑carbon development of telecom base
stations. It urges adoption of low‑power chips, high‑efficiency power amplifiers
and other energy‑saving hardware, and phased introduction of liquid cooling and
natural‑cooling heat‑dissipation technologies to lift base‑station energy
efficiency. The plan promotes centralized RAN architectures with shared baseband
resources to reduce requirements for station rooms, power and air conditioning;
expands use of outdoor compact intelligent power systems, differentiated backup
power and on‑site green generation. It requires finer‑grained operational energy
controls, including load‑sensing, intelligent management and dynamic
energy‑saving technologies to match supply to base‑station load. The document
also deepens base‑station co‑build and sharing, and encourages simplified
network topologies, staggered power use and prioritising green power to
concentrate site layouts and clean energy supply.
