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For inverter models ranging from 12~60KTL. 2. AFCI version will be availabel in 2020 Q3. solar.huawei.com @ Huawei FusionSolar community.solar.huawei.com Editorial Huawei: Leadership on various fronts Photo: pv magazine/Thomas Beetz For the fifth consecutive year, the analysts at IHS Markit ranked Huawei the No. 1 supplier of photovoltaic inverters globally. The Chinese manufacturer and IT and telecommunications giant has held this top position since 2015. A number of factors account for Huawei’s success in the global PV industry. First, the compa- ny’s technology is highly advanced and is bolstered by increas- ingly leveraging its IT and telecoms expertise to deliver smart PV solutions. Second, the company’s brand is recognized globally for quality while offering an excellent price-performance ratio. And third, the company delivers solutions to scale across the various market segments, from residential solar to C&I and utility-scale PV – and for each one, the company offers a competitive level- ized cost of energy (LCOE) to its customers. At pv magazine, we are honored to work with Huawei for the fourth special edition highlighting the manufacturer’s latest technology, products, solutions, and projects in various mar- kets. Huawei’s success in the global solar PV industry is based on the company’s continuous technological innovation. Most sig- nificantly, it has managed to integrate its powerful information and communications technology (ICT) with its PV products – to create smart PV solutions for lower LCOE and O&M costs. This integration has been instrumental for Huawei to become building a core architecture for device-edge-cloud synergy to the leader in string inverter deployments. The company now has maximize the value of each PV plant and technologically accel- more than 100 GW of capacity installed, and is the only inverter erate the industry. manufacturer to have crossed this historic milestone. Huawei has ushered in a new era for large-scale PV development, with string Another frontier for the solar PV industry is the integration of inverters now selected as a mainstream option in utility-scale battery storage technology. Here too Huawei is trailblazing ahead projects, which were previously dominated by central inverters. with its new LUNA2000 energy storage system, scheduled to be available in the third quarter of this year. Better yet, the man- Large-scale PV has also evolved in another way: Bifacial modules ufacturer is adding AI capabilities to this solution to optimize coupled with tracking systems are increasingly part of the sys- self-consumption in smart homes and offer a safe, lower level- tem design. To address the added complexity and boost energy ized cost of storage (LCOS). harvest, Huawei is leveraging its artificial intelligence (AI) tech- nology to best integrate its inverters with both bifacial panels Be it residential, C&I, or utility-scale, Huawei is pushing the and trackers. Huawei’s full-stack all-scenario AI solutions are boundaries when it comes to intelligent PV and storage. So, already being used in the electric power sector, among other where does this all lead? A continuous drive toward lower LCOE, various industries, to provide for greater intelligence and higher LCOS and O&M costs, for an accelerated journey to grid parity performance results. In 2020, Huawei will expand the integra- in markets around the world. tion of these AI solutions with its smart PV applications to fur- ther improve system performance and yield. The company is also Eckhart K. Gouras, Publisher, pv magazine Huawei Special 2020 | www.pv-magazine.com 1 Contents 6 Photo: Huawei Photo: Huawei’s latest intelligence Guoguang Chen is the new president of Huawei’s Smart PV Business Unit. Imprint Contents Special publication A special publication produced by pv magazine group GmbH & Co. KG in partnership with Highlights ≥ Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Publisher 4 Intelligently upgrading PV: Smart technologies are sup- pv magazine group GmbH & Co. KG Kurfürstendamm 64, 10707 Berlin, Germany porting innovations across the entire industry ecosystem. Managing Director: Eckhart K. Gouras Editors/Contributors Erica Johnson – Managing Editor – 6 Meet the new boss: An in-depth interview with Guo- [email protected] guang Chen, the new president of Huawei’s solar division. Jonathan Gifford [email protected] Mark Hutchins [email protected] Emiliano Bellini [email protected] Marian Willuhn [email protected] Authors: Vincent Shaw, Uma Gupta, Ilias Tsagas, Charles Thurston, Marija Djordjevic, Monishka Narayan Proofreader: Brian Publicover Translators: Tim Hanes, Veritas Europa Photo editor: Tom Baerwald Graphics: Harald Schütt Cover: Adobe | metamorworks Layout & typesetting Alexx Schulz, mADVICE | Berlin Copyright The magazine and all of the texts and images contained therein are protected by copyright. When a manuscript is approved for publication, the right to publish, translate, reprint, electroni- cally store in databases, print special editions, photocopies, and microcopies is transferred to the publisher. The publisher requires the author to be the holder of copyrights and com- mercialization rights for all submissions. Any commercial use outside the limits specified by copyright is inadmissible with- out the publisher’s consent. 2 Huawei Special 2020 | www.pv-magazine.com Contents 22 35 39 Photo: Huawei Photo: Huawei Photo: Huawei Photo: Subsidy-free PV From the lab to next-gen PV AI steps into maintenance Subsidy-free solar comes to fruition, R&D investment is advancing solar Unmanned maintenance? The integration backed by Europe’s supportive technology across the spectrum – and the of AI, digitalization, and PV are making frameworks for PV. future looks bright. O&M more efficient. Markets & Trends ≥ Applications & Technology ≥ 8 Predicting the future: The top 10 Installations ≥ 29 Entering the AI era: Innovation emerging technical trends in solar and digitalization span all indus- PV over the next decade. tries, including solar. 22 A dependable PPArtner: BayWa 10 Market down under: Transmission r.e. continues to cover new territory 32 Sights on storage: The residential and policy hurdles are met with with subsidy-free development. market doubled last year and shows optimism in Australia. no signs of slowing down, with 24 Going offgrid: Solar+storage proj- plenty of new tech. 12 The PV policy powerhouse: Sub- ects are on the rise, offering a suite sidy-free PV comes to fruition, of new solutions. 35 Talking investment: R&D is at the backed by Europe’s supportive crux of solar technology’s future. frameworks for solar. 26 Three years of intelligent opera- tions: Yields to increase with age? 37 Preventing fires with AI: Artificial 14 From oil to PV: Will the Middle The 12 MW Dongfang solar plant in intelligence ramps up as a safety East and North Africa transition? China tells a new story. solution for solar. 16 Emerging Asian markets: Solar 39 Unmanned maintenance?: Smart developers and investors alike have I-V Cuve Diagnosis represents the their eyes set on Southeast Asia. start of digitalizing O&M. 18 Smarter grids: Thanks, PV! Solar technology leaps from grid-follow- ing to grid-supporting. 20 Hungary and Greece: Projects are getting a boost from FIT schemes, but challenges remain. Huawei Special 2020 | www.pv-magazine.com 3 Highlights Intelligently upgrading With lower costs, increasing here is a concerted effort being made This innovation will lead to value cre- renewable energy portfolio T across all industries toward all things ation. In the future, the telecommunica- demands and carbon emission ‘smart’ through continuous innovation – tions giant believes that innovation will reductions, the solar industry has moving from price competition to value span across the entire PV ecosystem, from grown at a robust pace – providing creation – and the solar energy industry is a single device to a system, and finally to many prospects to support a clean no exception. In 2013, Huawei pioneered the whole ecological chain. “In this way, energy future. But the continuous the concept of ‘smart PV’ with an aim to we can reduce LCOE, and create more development of solar PV also develop multi-MPPT string inverters. value for our customers across the 25-year faces a number of challenges. How It was the first time solar inverters were life cycle,” says Yan. do we cut the levelized cost of equipped with sensors and supported dig- Intelligent solar power systems also sup- energy (LCOE) when subsidies are ital features controlling the operation of port the reduction of O&M costs. Huawei decreasing? What should we do PV plants, generating more power with estimates that through the use of intelli- to tackle high O&M costs? How do lower O&M costs. Although solar invert- gent automated solutions, the number we turn new clean energy into a ers account for only 5% of the total cost of maintenance personnel required are primary energy source that is both of a PV plant, they are considered the reduced from more than 10 per 100 MW, safe and reliable? How do we ensure heart and brain that determine a proj- to two or three employees per 100 MW.