The Huawei Digital Power held its firts FusionSolar Partner Summit in Kampala, Uganda themed, ‘Lighting Up a Greener Africa’. The summit aimed at bringing together Huawei Digital Power channel partners to release its latest sustainable energy solutions into the Ugandan industry.
In his opening remarks, Sunrise Xie, MD of Huawei Uganda said in Africa, power shortages and rising energy prices have also increased the urgency of the energy transition for the continent, calling for more reliable, accessible, and affordable power supplies.
He explained that Huawei as a leading ICT company, has made a heavy investment in research and development (R&D), developed the most comprehensive set of technologies in ICT, saying that by integrating electronic and digital technologies, Huawei’s ‘4T’ technologies can enable the traditional solar energy industry to be more efficient and more intelligent.
He explained that extracting from the words ‘Watt, Heat, Battery, and Bit’. The ‘4T’ technology refers to Huawei’s innovations in the field of power electronics, thermal management, power storage, Cloud and AI.
Nick Lusson, Vice President of Huawei Digital Power Eastern Africa Region, outlined trends in the global smart PV industry, including growth in smart string inverters for which Huawei is the principal promoter globally.
Lusson noted tnat the price of solar panels and batteries has been declining, while the price of diesel and grid electricity has continues to rise.
“The trend has been that solar and batteries are becoming more and more affordable while grid and diesel is becoming more and more expensive. And actually now we’ve crossed the point where now the solution for solar and batteries is a better financial decision than to stay with grid and diesel,” he said
Adding, “So now that the price of batteries has decreased and the solar has continued to decrease. It is much more feasible to add batteries to your system, because the solar energy is very cheap. And now with the batteries you can use that cheap solar energy at night, but also through blackouts. You can have reliable solar energy, you don’t have to suffer from blackouts anymore and you don’t have to use expensive diesel anymore.”
He outlined Huawei’s commitment to increase R&D investment in smart PV, to bring low-carbon and cleaner green energy to more people, families, and organizations in our commitment to bring clean energy to every person, home, and organization.
Olivier Du, CEO of Huawei Digital Power Eastern Africa Region, explained that carbon neutrality and intelligence will lead humanity into an era of ecological civilization.
“With the continuous improvement of photovoltaic (PV) generation efficiency and lower prices,” he said, “the era of ‘PV+ Storage parity’ is coming, and PV + energy storage solutions (ESS) will become the most economical and universal form of power.”
During the event, Huawei Digital Power also released its channel partner policy, aimed at achieving mutually beneficial outcomes with local partners in an integrated ecosystem.
The ecosystem partner policies are capability-driven, based on four measures; Profitability, Simplicity, Enablement and Ecosystem.
Furthermore, All-Scenario Smart PV+ESS Solutions were introduced.
Residential Smart PV Solution: A Home That Always Shines
Huawei Residential Smart PV Solution optimizes energy yield, storage, consumption, and safety to ensure electricity self-sufficiency.
Residential Smart PV & ESS Solutions: Power-M and Residential Smart PV Battery. The Residential Smart PV Battery is a one-stop solution which offers stable and reliable power to homes, offices and apartments.
Power-M is an all-in-one modular Smart String Energy Storage system, with multi-scenario applications, such as apartments, business outlets, homes or villas, and it is a hybrid power solution which integrates grid, solar, Diesel Generator (DG) and battery.
Commercial & Industrial Smart PV Solution: One-stop for a Sustainable Business
For commercial and industrial (C&I) users, the energy storage products, such as LUNA2000-200KWH, have been highlighted which features security and efficiency, simple O&M, and added power revenue.
Huawei Smart String ESS solutions, which include the LUNA 200kWh, LUNA 1MWh, LUNA 2MWh, and Power-S. These Huawei Smart String ESS solutions provide more safety, longer product life, more usable energy, simplified O&M and provide independent battery racks and packs control, compared to Central ESS solutions.
Utility Smart PV&ESS Solution: Enabling PV Electricity as a Main Energy Source
Huawei Digital Power employs “Artifical intelligence (AI) + grid forming technology” to create intelligent PV + ESS generator, utilizing three major stability reconstruction technologies, namely voltage stability reconstruction, frequency stability reconstruction, and power angle stability reconstruction. It serves as a crucial core solution for addressing the weak power grids in Africa and is the optimal choice for large-scale bases.