Technology symbiosis naturally, bit management watt, Huawei digital energy lights the lighthouse

Text | Liu Huafang

COVID-19, poverty, climate anomalies, energy crisis... 2021 is not an easy year, not just for a country or region, but a challenge of the century for all of humanity.

Complaining is useless, anger is useless, only the crowd holds the salary, only believe in technology.

The Huawei Technology Trust Summit (TrustInTech· 2021) arrived as scheduled, with a global live broadcast in five languages: Chinese, English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, and seven of the world's top politicians, economists, scientists, and business leaders discussed the global challenges of the carbon neutral era and called for hand in hand and trust in technology.

From politicians, Nobel laureates, former director-generals of the WTO, to medical experts, astronomers, entrepreneurs, openness, cooperation, innovation and sustainable development have become the main theme of TrustInTech 2021, and it is also the only way for the community of human destiny to move towards the future.

As a representative of the business community, Hou Jinlong, senior vice president of Huawei and president of Huawei Digital Energy Technology Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote speech on "Technological Innovation, Building a Low-Carbon Intelligent Society", imagined the digital energy revolution, proposed that "intelligence and low carbon are the two major deterministic development trends in the next 30 or 40 years", "managing watts with bits", and "symbiosis between technology and nature", announced Huawei's digital energy innovation roadmap, and also outlined a beautiful future picture of a low-carbon intelligent society.

We are in an era of rapid iteration of technology, predicting the future is a difficult thing, there is too much uncertainty, accurate prediction for three or five years is not easy. However, Huawei's technology research, strategic research, and business layout are very advanced, often surpassing public knowledge and existing cognition, and always bringing surprises.

Hou Jinlong affirmatively proposed that there are two "deterministic" trends in the next three or four decades: the first is intelligence, and the second is low-carbon.

In the era of the Internet of Everything, smart phones, smart wearables, intelligent manufacturing, smart homes, automatic driving, smart grids... Intelligence is everywhere, and even the gas meter and water meter at home are moving towards intelligence.

Under the strong impetus of the European Union and China, "carbon neutrality" has become a global consensus, more than 140 countries and regions have announced carbon neutrality goals, and China has put forward the goal of "striving to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and striving to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060" (referred to as the "3060 double carbon target").

Under the background of carbon neutrality, low carbon has become a clear and determined future trend, forcing human society to carry out technological innovation, which is bringing a historic energy revolution of low carbon, electrification and intelligence.

Power generation side cleaning, energy side electrification, power grid dispatching intelligence, power electronics technology meets digital technology, the global energy industry into the digital energy era, to create a new type of power system with new energy as the main body, gradually replace the traditional fossil energy, from resource dependence to technology-driven.

With more than 30 years of accumulation in the field of digital technology and power electronics technology, Huawei established Huawei Digital Energy Company in June 2021, which means that Huawei has begun to make full efforts in the field of digital energy. In fact, Huawei has been working hard for many years in the fields of smart photovoltaics, data center energy, and site energy, and has many poetic classic cases, not only creating clean electricity, but also creating a human landscape. For example, in cooperation with service provider BayWa r.e, the largest floating power station in the Netherlands (14.5MW) was built, generating up to 13.33 million kWh per year to meet the electricity needs of 4,000 households; and the highest photovoltaic power plant in Latin America (4,200 meters) - Cauchari 300MW photovoltaic power plant in Argentina, generating about 660 million kWh per year, allowing 160,000 households to enjoy clean electricity.

"Power generation on photovoltaic panels, shepherding sheep under photovoltaic panels, turning the desert into an oasis", this is the story of China's photovoltaic innovation that is popular on the Internet, and the video clip has gone viral on major platforms such as circle of friends and Weibo. This is a true story, taking place in Qinghai Province, China, which is the world's largest renewable energy base for wind, photovoltaic and hydropower, built by Huawei with the help of the Yellow River Hydropower Company, and is a poetic case of Huawei's digital energy in the field of clean power generation.

On September 26, 2020, the Yellow River Hydropower Company and Huawei created history together, the last lot of the 2.2GW photovoltaic power station in Qinghai Gonghe was connected to the grid, the world's largest single photovoltaic power station was put into operation, and the world's first 100% transmission of clean energy ULTRA HIGH power transmission project ("Qingyu DC") supporting power points were officially electrified, spanning 1563 kilometers, directly to Henan Province in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Qinghai Gonghe 2.2GW photovoltaic power station, producing nearly 5 billion kWh of clean electricity per year, covers a total area of 56 square kilometers, a total of more than 5 million photovoltaic modules, which is a very large super project. Super engineering, precise management, relying on Huawei's advanced intelligent photovoltaic technology, through intelligent and digital means, can accurately manage each string of components, increase the power generation of the power station by more than 2%, increase the operation and maintenance efficiency by more than 50%, and achieve lower kWh costs.

The most interesting thing is that under the large area of photovoltaic panels, it is cool and wet, full of weeds, weeding work is large, and it may also be shaded, at this time, the herders have rushed to flock of sheep and cattle, and finally realized the symbiotic relationship between science and technology and nature, and returned nature with the power of nature. This project not only improves the local arid ecological environment, but also realizes the power generation on photovoltaic panels, shepherds under photovoltaic panels, and turns the desert into an oasis, which is not only a famous smart photovoltaic project, but also a creative project for global desert governance.

Huawei has helped customers build large-scale photovoltaic power plants in Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and other places, turning them into natural ecological oases in the desert, becoming a key node in controlling desertification, and achieving a win-win situation of digital energy, ecological restoration, and natural animal husbandry.

Let every ray of sunshine be converted into more clean electricity, clean energy + digital technology, produce electricity more intelligently, manage electricity more intelligently, form two-wheel drive, manage watts with bits, and integrate and awaken the ecosystem of nature.

Mankind is a community of common destiny, and human beings and nature are also a community of destiny. While providing customers with digital energy products and solutions, Huawei Digital Energy realizes the symbiosis of technology and nature, effectively promotes the landing of the "carbon neutral" energy industry, and improves the ecological environment between man and nature.

Low-carbon families, low-carbon buildings, low-carbon factories, low-carbon parks, low-carbon villages, low-carbon cities, from low-carbon society to zero-carbon society, this is the ultimate dream of "carbon neutrality 3060".

Backed by Huawei's big tree, Huawei Digital Energy has innovative digital technology and power electronics technology, taking clean energy and energy digitalization as the core two-wheel drive, focusing on innovative breakthroughs in business areas such as clean power generation, energy digitalization, green ICT infrastructure, transportation electrification, and integrated smart energy.

Digital energy is the future trend of global energy, Huawei digital energy has distinct Huawei characteristics, with the concept of full connectivity, digital technology to empower the energy industry to upgrade, so that the energy ecology is smarter and more intelligent, and then to achieve cost optimization, ecological benefits maximized. Huawei integrates and innovates digital technologies such as cloud and AI with power electronics, combining information flow and energy flow, and then realizes "watt management with bits" and realizes digital perception, digital control, and digital management of energy systems.

Clean power generation

Clean power generation, to create a new type of power system with new energy as the main body. "Power generation on photovoltaic panels, shepherding sheep under photovoltaic panels, and turning the desert into an oasis" is the best representative of Huawei's clean power generation. Of course, Huawei's clean power generation solutions for digital energy are diverse, covering many scenarios such as deserts, grasslands, oceans, and plateaus, such as helping to build a floating power generation system in the Netherlands and helping Argentina build a highland photovoltaic power station.

Digitalization of energy

Energy digitization enables the production, transmission, trading, consumption and other aspects of traditional energy, realizes the digitization of energy and resources, and improves the efficiency of energy production and use. Clean energy and energy digitalization form a two-wheel drive of digital energy, which is the ecological foundation and the source of "carbon neutrality" change and innovation.

Electrification of transportation

Huawei Digital Energy not only innovates in the integration of energy production and operation, but also makes key innovations and breakthroughs in high-end power applications, and regards the transportation field as the key scenario of "carbon neutrality". At present, carbon emissions in the transportation sector account for 21% of global carbon emissions, which is a major carbon emitter and a pain point for urban air governance.

Huawei Digital Energy is working hard to promote the electrification of transportation, redefine the driving experience and safety of electric vehicles through digitalization, and create an extreme acceleration, extreme stability, and extreme safety experience that surpasses fuel vehicles. For example, charging for 10 minutes to last 200 kilometers, greatly increasing the charging speed and endurance, will accelerate the popularity of electric vehicles.

For example, Huawei's three-in-one electric drive solution helped Jinkang Cyric to create the world's first mass-produced high-performance electric drive coupe SUV with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers, achieving a 0-50km/h acceleration of 1.99s.

Green ICT infrastructure

On the road of digitalization and intelligence, data centers and communication base stations will become more and more numerous and more important, but they will also bring higher power consumption. The data shows that the global ICT industry consumes about 2% of the total electricity consumption, and will rise to 4% in the future. Building a green, low-carbon data center and communication network is also a strategic business of Huawei's digital energy.

For example, Huawei's prefabricated modular data center solution helps Wuhan quickly build an artificial intelligence computing center, achieving 120 days of main body completion, 180 days of project operation, and shortening the on-line time by more than 50%, reducing PUE to 1.25 through intelligent power saving, saving 3.4 million kWh of electricity per year, and reducing carbon emissions by 42,000 tons during the life cycle.

For another example, China Unicom's Zhongyuan Data Base adopts Huawei's iCooling solution to achieve global optimization of energy efficiency, reducing the total power consumption of the freezer station by 8%-10%, reducing the energy consumption at the end of the temperature control system by about 10%, effectively reducing the PUE of the data center by about 8% to 15%, and saving up to 3.85 million kWh of electricity per year. Beijing Mobile, together with the Mobile Design Institute and Huawei, jointly innovated, introduced Huawei's third-generation 12KW blade power supply solution, and transformed the site by replacing the house with a knife and superimposing solar energy, with an efficiency of up to 97%, and the electricity bill dropped by 12,000 yuan / station / year after the transformation, and the carbon emission was reduced by 6 tons / station / year.

Integrated smart energy

Huawei realizes the integration of "source-network-load-storage" through integrated smart energy solutions, promotes the low-carbonization of life and work scenarios such as buildings and parks, reduces energy costs, and improves energy efficiency. Huawei Digital Energy is building the Shenzhen Antuoshan base to build the world's largest "light storage and direct soft" near-zero carbon park, which is expected to be put into use in 2022. After completion, the Antoshan base can produce 1.5 million kWh of photovoltaic green electricity per year, and the annual electricity consumption will be reduced from more than 14 million kWh to 7 million kWh, saving 50% of electricity per year and reducing carbon emissions by more than 60%.

As of September 30, 2021, Huawei Digital Energy has helped customers accumulate 443.5 billion kWh of green power generation and 13.6 billion kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 210 million tons and planting 290 million trees.

Huawei's digital energy solution layout is becoming more and more perfect, committed to integrating digital technology and power electronics technology, developing a "two-wheel drive" of clean energy and energy digitalization, and promoting an all-scenario innovative energy revolution. Huawei not only practices "carbon neutrality" and marches towards a low-carbon community and low-carbon society, but also drives the low-carbon upgrading of the industrial sector and forms a "carbon neutral" circle of friends and vitality.

From telephone and broadband to mobile phones and connectivity, Huawei has enabled networks to communicate with you and me, building a fully connected intelligent world, and becoming the world's leading ICT infrastructure and intelligent terminal provider.

Now in the energy industry, Huawei Digital Energy brings together many core technical capabilities to create a digital base for a new round of energy revolution, outlining a fascinating blueprint for carbon neutrality, condensing the hearts and minds of the people, and launching a charge towards a low-carbon intelligent society.

At present, Huawei Digital Energy has about 6,000 employees, operates in more than 170 countries and regions, serves one-third of the world's population, and has the technical capabilities and service capabilities to leverage the energy revolution and linkage industry evolution.

Huawei's digital energy proposal of "managing watts with bits" is the best interpretation of the digital energy industry. "Symbiosis between technology and nature" is the original intention of Huawei's digital energy struggle and the evolutionary vision to help the goal of "carbon neutrality".

The future of low-carbon intelligent society, the future has come, Huawei has ignited the beacon of the digital energy world, promoted the energy revolution towards the intelligent evolution of "carbon neutrality", and will also allow China to occupy the strategic commanding heights of the digital energy revolution and run towards "carbon neutrality 3060".

This time, low carbon is the dream, intelligence is the horse, and the salary holder is for everyone, Huawei's digital energy is already on the way. Openness, cooperation, innovation, trust in technology, walk with China, embrace the energy revolution, Huawei digital energy will become a dream factory for industrial ecology. I believe that Huawei's open digital energy ecosystem will give birth to many hidden champions and make digital energy a hot land for entrepreneurial innovation.