"BusinessTech" : Huawei in smart grid partnership with Eskom

collected by :Andro Alex Huawei has announced a smart grid joint venture with state power utility, Eskom, to accelerate digital transformation in the power industry. The Huawei OpenLab recently established in Johannesburg is Huawei's sixth of its kind, with others located in China; Germany; Mexico; Singapore; and Dubai. Eskom CIO, Sean Maritz, said: "Eskom's 2030 vision is to implement a smart grid ensuring safe, reliable and energy efficient operations to enhance our customers' experience while realizing Design-To-Cost."President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group in Southern Africa, Eman Liu, said: "Together with Eskom, we can quickly verify new smart grid ideas and efficiently create proof of concepts based on intelligent and connected technology."Read: Huawei outlines industrial cloud vision for South Africa Huawei will provide its OpenLab facilities including a data center as well as advanced hardware and software infrastructure and a dedicated technical team; while Eskom will contribute with its ideas and expertise, together with the power grid environment for trials and testing purposes. The two companies will work together to develop IoT, cloud, communications and cyber security solutions, Huawei said at its 5th Global Power Summit at the African Utility Week (AUW) event in Cape Town on Wednesday.


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Eskom, Huawei to develop smart grid for SA

Eskom and Huawei are to jointly develop smart grid solutions for the South African market. "Together with Eskom, we can quickly verify new smart grid ideas and efficiently create proof of concepts based on intelligent and connected technology. Eskom will leverage Huawei's experience in providing its Better Connected Smart Grid Solution to 170 electricity customers in more than 65 countries. Eskom CIO Sean Maritz comments: "Eskom's 2030 vision is to implement a smart grid ensuring safe, reliable and energy efficient operations to enhance our customers' experience while enabling new energy services. In Nigeria, Huawei helped Ikeja Electric build an advanced metering system with smart meters collecting daily readings sent to a control centre with a 100% success rate.

Eskom, Huawei partnership to advance smart grid innovation

Eskom, Huawei partnership to advance smart grid innovationby MTHULISI SIBANDA in Cape TownCAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – LEADING global information and communications technology solutions provider, Huawei, has announced a smart grid joint innovation partnership with South African utility, Eskom, to accelerate digital transformation in the power industry. Eskom will leverage Huawei's experience in providing its Better Connected Smart Grid Solution to 170 electricity customers in more than 65 countries. "It is an important player in the area of smart grids and we believe that our integrated capabilities will advance innovation and transformation of the power grid," said Maritz. "We are proud to collaborate with the largest power grid company in Africa," said Eman Liu, President of Huawei Enterprise Business Group in Southern Africa. He hailed Huawei as a leading global provider of ICT and digital infrastructure solutions provider with a strong presence in South Africa.


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