Huawei Special Edition 2019
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Energy Storage Highlights 2019
Like last year, six prestigious independent jurors evaluated the 22 submissions from exhibitors at Energy Storage Europe according to the criteria of innovation, relevance, strength, prospects of success and the extent to which they serve to bring about the energy transition. The following pages paint a picture of their findings. The jurors determined the first to fifth places in discussions; they arrived at the sixth to tenth places after a written grading. The other submissions will be published without rankings. It is worth noting that the submissions that took places 1 to 5 impressed the jurors particularly in the categories of relevance and foreseeable market success. The submissions in places 6 to 10, on the other hand, scored higher in the Innovation category.
Jun 27, 2019
Three key themes for more growth
What does an industry need in order to grow? It has to solve people’s problems. This happens through innovation. The industry has to offer quality and establish methods for quality assurance to give investor confidence. And it must have strong players along the entire value chain who can manufacture components, integrate them into systems and implement demanding projects.
Jun 27, 2019
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At The smarter E Europe 2019 in Munich, Huawei launched a new residential and commercial iteration of its proven FusionSolar Smart PV solution. The three-phase inverter’s innovations promise quick installation and a range of artificial intelligence (AI) features for safe operation and easy energy management down to the module level.
Jun 06, 2019
Full steam ahead for IoT in PV
Thanks to an energy system that increasingly converges between sectors, the deployment of smart management systems is creating a whole range of new business cases. In most parts of the world, this is stuff of the future with experimental trials, yet it is becoming more commonplace.
Jun 06, 2019
Shedding light on PV development in MENA
The Saudi-based energy giant awarded the landmark Sakaka project provides insights into the region’s growing PV market. Paddy Padmanathan is the President and CEO of ACWA Power, an international developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants carrying a portfolio valued in excess of $30 billion. The company has more than 29 GW of energy capacity installed across the Middle East and North Africa, South Africa, and Southeast Asia, and nearly 1 GW of solar PV projects installed in the MENA region.
Jun 06, 2019
A new kingdom
Saudi Arabia is turning toward solar technology with its first utility-scale project. The Sakaka PV installation is a testament to changing times in the global energy supply. The landmark 300 MW project is currently under construction, and will incorporate Huawei’s proven string inverter technology.
Jun 06, 2019
European distribution insights
Wattkraft is a supplier and distributor serving EPCs and project developers. Francisco Pérez Spiess, Director of Technical Solutions and Sales at Wattkraft, talks about the European market and the company’s decision to exclusively offer Huawei for their inverter product offering.
Jun 06, 2019
“It’s all about bankability, and string inverters are here to stay”
Alvaro García Borbolla is the Director of International Business at Prodiel, a global EPC that has been operating for more than 20 years, with 5 GW of solar PV capacity installed. Borbolla speaks to pv magazine about how his company has remained successful in a competitive market, its global expansion, and the growth of string inverters.
Jun 06, 2019
Six trends of inverters accelerating PV grid parity
The United States, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and other regions of the world are rapidly ushering in a new era of PV grid parity. China is expected to gradually embrace grid parity in 2020. As the ‘brain’ of a PV plant, inverters play a key role. Six trends of inverters will arguably speed up the progress of grid parity.
Jun 06, 2019
Gaining the most with multi-MPPT inverters
The role of smart technologies in improving solar project costs and yields in India. Sunil Jain is the CEO and Executive Director of Hero Future Energies (HFE), an independent power producer that has an installed capacity of 1.2 GW and is striving to cross 3.5 GW by 2022.
Jun 06, 2019
A tale of dust and heat
Keeping it cool even in the toughest conditions is a point of concern for many plant owners and EPCs. The trick is striking a balance between ensuring safe and efficient plant operations while keeping the associated costs to a minimum. Reducing the number of moving parts is one way to keep the O&M bill low.
Jun 06, 2019
Has Vietnam’s moment in the sun finally arrived?
New solar PV installations soared for Vietnam in 2018 — at least in relative terms, they did. The nation’s cumulative installed PV capacity stood at just 106 MW by the end of 2018, according to statistics from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). That number looks paltry when stacked against regional rivals such as Thailand and the Philippines, but represents a huge jump from just 8 MW a year earlier — the approximate level at which the country’s total PV installations had languished for much of the past decade.
Jun 06, 2019
Connecting intelligent power
Information and communications technology giant Huawei is on a mission to build a fully connected world. Operating in more than 170 countries and regions to serve more than three billion people globally, the company is well on its way. In this exclusive interview, pv magazine meets with Tony Xu, President of the Smart PV Business unit at Huawei, to discuss the technological breakthroughs, trends, and policies that have the company driving solar PV into the era of digitalization.
Jun 06, 2019
Next generation inverters optimize bifacial boost
Inverter makers are under pressure to upgrade performance to accurately measure and manage the boost from bifacial solar panels. Inverter improvements including greater granularity of maximum power point tracking (MPPT), the marriage of artificial intelligence with more capable algorithms, and string overload safety are ushering in the next generation of inverters redesigned for bifacial systems, according to the development team at Huawei Technologies’ Smart PV Business.
Jun 06, 2019
Grid parity’s hackathon
In October 2018, Huawei released its AI strategy and a full-stack, all-scenario AI portfolio solution. The company’s full-stack capabilities are based on a cloud-pipe-device strategy which connects enterprise intelligence, equipment, and intelligent terminals integrated with AI. Huawei has not only incorporated AI into its internal production, logistics, and processes, but has also joined with partners to promote the development of intelligent solutions across industries.
Jun 06, 2019
The evolution of solar intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming a range of industries, from the automation of trading decisions in the financial sector to the deployment of smart robots in factories. In one 2017 study, PwC estimated that AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Solar has jumped on the AI bandwagon.
Jun 06, 2019
The Force of Digitalization
At pv magazine, we are proud to work with Huawei for a third consecutive year to produce this special edition. When we started this cooperation in 2017, Huawei was already in its third year as global shipment leader among inverter manufacturers. It will come as no surprise that Huawei retained its leadership in this category in 2018.
Jun 06, 2019
