Huawei launches solutions to boost renewable energy in Africa

Tech firm, Huawei Digital Power has launched its full range of FusionSolar Smart PV and Energy Storage System (ESS) solutions to the Sub-Saharan African market to boost renewable energy.

The launch which was initiated during the Huawei FusionSolar Channel partner Summit 2022 that took place in Johannesburg, South Africa is backed by the larger share the content enjoys in terms of solar energy resources yet it has only 1% of the solar capacity installed globally. The firm’s renewable energy arm objective is to address energy needs in the continent as well as implement solutions touching generation, transmission, distribution, usage, and storage of renewable power to reduce the gap that exists in the market.

According to Huawei Digital Power Sub-Saharan Africa’s president Xia Hesheng, Africa has the biggest potential of solar energy around the world, with long-term output of 4.51 kWh/kWp per day. However, at present, Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 77% of the global population without electricity access, and that proportion has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“We know that Sub-Saharan Africa is ideally poised to take advantage of renewable energy and solar in particular. But we also know that digital technologies are key to unlocking its potential. We believe that our full suite of Huawei FusionSolar Smart PV and ESS solutions will help stakeholders at the utility, C&I, and residential scenarios by ensuring that solar systems are more affordable, more effective, and easier to maintain,” said Xia Hesheng.

The solutions Huawei launched in Africa include; FusionSolar Smart PV Solution 6.0+, which enables a PV system to be adapted to various grid scenarios, especially, in a weak grid environment; Residential Smart PV Solution and Commercial & Industrial Smart PV Solution offers an all-around clean energy experience to homes and businesses respectively with optimised electricity costs, active safety, smart operation and maintenance (O&M) and intelligent assistance for an enhanced experience.

“These solutions are ideally poised to help advance the adoption of renewables at all scales across the region. Take active safety feature for example, the industry-leading AFCI technology enables precise fault detection and emergency disconnection, which drastically improving the system’s safety. We can also increase power generation by over two per cent under the same conditions and increase installation volume by up to 30% while using the power optimizers in C&I and residential scenarios, which can be directly translated to further electricity cost reduction,” Kovier said.