Seeking to future-proof Egypt’s energy sector with its latest technological innovations, Huawei has launched “Green Field Summit 2023” in cooperation with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) outlining its latest key solutions in these fields seeking to boost the oil and gas sector sustainability and efficiency.
It was attended by some of the industry’s most prestigious leaders including Alaa Hagar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the Technical Office, Ahmed Khalifa, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Planning and Projects, Khaled Salah El-Din, Chairman’s Assistant for Information Technology and Digital Transformation at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Iman Wafy CEO Assistant for Information Technology & Telecommunications at EGPC and other prominent leaders of major companies in the petroleum sector. It also witnessed the positive and significant participation of Charles Yang, Senior Vice President at Huawei and President of Global Marketing, Sales & Services at Huawei Digital Power.
During this remarkable gathering, the global technology leader emphasized its central role in building a greener tomorrow while ensuring economic growth through using green sources of energy and its cutting-edge solutions.
The conference addressed many topics including Huawei digital power solutions, case studies for green oil fields, how to make pipelines intelligent, how to use the data of barrels, an intelligible data center for power efficiency, and Huawei’s efforts for electrification.
The day started with an insightful opening speech by Joey Deng, CEO of Digital Power Business at Huawei Egypt, in which he highlighted the country’s as well as the company’s efforts for energy transition.
Deng stated that “Egypt demonstrated its commitment to the carbon emission reduction by 33% in the sector of electricity and 65% in the oil and gas sector by 2023.” He noted that Huawei is keen on providing new solutions which contribute to achieving oil and gas sustainability. “This could be done by improving energy efficiency and emissions reduction so that we initiated solar energy solutions and battery storage”, he added.
“According to Egypt’s Sustainable Energy Strategy 2035, the Egyptian government aims to generate 45% of electricity from renewable resources by 2035 which was increased from 42%. We have seen that collaboration, electrification, and intelligence are three key pillars of the energy transition,” Deng stated.
He reported that his company’s vision is to accelerate digital transmission of the energy sector and create a zero-carbon intelligent world. “Our solutions have generated more than 325 billion kilowatts hours of green power and reduced carbon emissions by 160 million tons.”
For his part, Ahmed Ghassan, CEO Deputy Assistant for Planning and Projects at the EGPC, expressed his pleasure in attending this summit, highlighting the importance of Egypt’s contribution to the global demand for green energy and digital transformation, especially through applying solar energy technologies. “The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources exploited the available capabilities to use solar energy in generating electricity within the industry during the past years which helped in reducing greenhouse gases.”
Additionally, Ayman Emara CEO Deputy for Planning and Projects at the EGPC praised the role of Huawei in providing advanced technological solutions in the field of digital energy. He also emphasized the importance of exploiting solar energy in the petroleum sector to reduce carbon emissions for projects and thus improve the environmental and economic aspects and reduce costs as a result of reducing fuel consumption and reducing environmental risks.
At the end of his speech, Ghassan said that the seminar is aiming to increase the utilization of new and renewable energy in addition to applying the latest technologies for digital transformation.
Through a series of presentations done by some of the company’s finest professionals, Huawei offered a detailed explanation of a wide range of advanced, cutting-edge technological solutions that will revolutionize the way Egypt’s energy sector works. to suit the petroleum sector. Their smart solutions comprise Fusionsolar – Solar+battery storage smart photovoltaic energy solutions, which can aid companies in effectively controlling and monitoring photovoltaic solar panels in a more efficient and trouble-free manner. In introducing these smart solutions, Huawei hopes to make a profound contribution and drive innovation by boosting digitalization environmental protection, in line with the sector’s Vision 2030. It is worth noting that during his opening speech, Deng himself asserted that Huawei’s innovative AI and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies make Solar+Battery storage solutions easy to install, operate, and troubleshoot, all while reducing costs. This, he asserted, is how the company seeks to enable a faster and more efficient digital transformation for Egypt’s energy sector.
Seeking to also further boost the quality of technologies within the Egyptian energy sector, Huawei’s innovative iSitePower solutions was also one of the event’s major attraction, offering a green and smart solution to provide clean energy to supply organizations through the use of advanced temperature control equipment, integrating batteries, as well as AC and DC power distribution and surge protection.
With the ever-increasing importance of having accurate, reliable data that is easily accessible and manageable, the company also used the event as a platform to promote its latest data center solutions, which represent a myriad of computer servers connected to the network. These solutions are designed to be used by companies for the purpose of effectively processing or distributing large amounts of data as well as remote storage. These innovations go hand-in-hand with Egyptian ambitions and visions for a more prosperous, digitalized, and sustainable energy sector of tomorrow.
