Mankind is entering an intelligent era where everything is connected. In recent years, “AI” has become a high-frequency word. AI plays a huge role in human response to new challenges, in the pursuit of a better life, in the endless exploration of science, and in learning how-to live-in harmony with nature. The deep integration of Huawei’s smart PV and full-stack, full-scene AI solutions will create a better-levelized power cost (LCOE) so that every ray of sunlight is converted into more green electricity. In this blog post, we will discuss Huawei’s AI PV industry.
AI Photovoltaic Industry
Characteristics of The Times
In the development process of new infrastructure such as 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, and industrial Internet (referred to as “new infrastructure”) for new technologies, new industries, and new economies, artificial intelligence has become one of the important fields. In recent years, the global resource supply has been tight, and environmental deterioration and other problems have intensified. At the crossroads of human survival and civilization development, how to develop new energy and fundamentally change the way energy supply has become the only way to deal with the global resource crisis and climate change. Renewable energy with photovoltaics as the main force will be the mainstream trend of energy development in the future, how to improve the penetration rate of photovoltaics, so that photovoltaics from affordable energy to high-quality mainstream energy transformation? That’s our biggest challenge right now.
Huawei’s Technology Research and Development
Since the release of the AI strategy in October 2018, Huawei has steadily and orderly promoted the strategic execution, product development, and commercial process of AI. In 2019, with the launch of Centeng series AI processors, full-scene AI computing framework MindSpore, Atlas series products, and Centeng cloud services, Huawei has completed the construction of full-stack, full-scene AI solutions. At present, these solutions have been widely used in various industries, so AI is everywhere. In the field of smart photovoltaic, Huawei Power-M can be described as having outstanding advantages, goodbye to load reduction comprehensive replacement warranty, convenient installation, IP66 waterproof, and silent operation, can make our life more convenient, in order to adapt to globalization, Huawei also cooperates with companies from different countries, and now there are more than 1,000 companies to cooperate and complete localization.
AI+ Photovoltaic, the Call of The Times
Digitalization is the basis for realizing intelligence, and the higher the degree of digitalization, the easier it is to realize intelligence. With the development of digital information technology, Huawei intelligent photovoltaic has led the development of photovoltaic in three eras: digital + photovoltaic, Internet + photovoltaic, and AI+ photovoltaic. From 2015 to 2018, Huawei further integrated digital technology, and typical applications here include wireless private network technology, MBUS technology, intelligent IV diagnosis, intelligent cloud center, and intelligent integration of agriculture, fishery, and light. In 2019, Huawei took the lead in releasing smart photovoltaic solutions that integrate AI technology. In 2020, Huawei will deepen the deep integration of intelligent photovoltaic and full-stack, full-scene AI solutions, truly stimulate the value of each power station, and accelerate the intelligent upgrade of the industry by creating a core architecture of end-to-end cloud collaboration.
Trend Insight
In the next 5 to 10 years, major countries and regions in the world will gradually adopt renewable energy as the main power supply of the grid. Photovoltaic will become the main force in renewable energy. How to ensure the safety, reliability, and economy of power generation assets under the high proportion of renewable energy will be the main challenge. With the vigorous development of new ICT technologies and power electronics technologies such as AI, cloud, big data, and 5G, Huawei and global industry experts believe that smart PV will continue to evolve in the four value dimensions of lower LCOE (levelized electricity cost), grid-friendly, intelligent integration, and safe and trustworthy.
Conclusion
In the future, artificial intelligence will be as omnipresent as water and electricity, and as a strategic technology to lead the future, artificial intelligence will become the core new engine for the photovoltaic industry to change to intelligence. We firmly believe that in the next 30 years, human society will inevitably enter the intelligent society, and digital technology and new energy are reshaping the world. When photovoltaic meets AI, its industry will break the limit and be restructured and redefined.
