October 18, 2021

1300 MWh! Huawei Wins Contract for the World’s Largest Energy Storage Project

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Digital Power has concluded its Global Digital Power Summit 2021 in Dubai, UAE, with more than 500 participants from 67 countries attending, on October 16. At the summit, Huawei Digital Power signed a key contract with SEPCOIII for the Red Sea Project with 400 MW PV plus 1300 MWh battery energy storage solution (BESS), which is currently the world’s largest energy storage project. The two parties will cooperate to help Saudi Arabia build a global clean energy and green economy center.

This 1300 MWh off-grid energy storage project is the largest of its kind in the world and represents a milestone in the global energy storage industry.

The Red Sea Project has been listed in the Saudi Vision 2030 as a key project. Its developer is ACWA Power, and the general contractor of EPC is SEPCOIII. Located on the Red Sea coast, NEOM is also known as the city of the future, powered entirely by renewable energy. It will lead a new way of life and drive new economic growth, as resources such as oil are increasingly depleted.

With more than 10 years of experience in researching and developing energy storage systems as well as more than 8 GWh energy storage system applications, Huawei Digital Power is committed to integrating the digital information technology with PV and energy storage technologies to build a more efficient, stable, and safe smart string energy storage system using the string, intelligent, and modular designs, aiming to help PV become the main energy source and build a green and bright future.

About Huawei

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have more than 197,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.

Our vision and mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end, we will drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks; bring cloud and artificial intelligence to all four corners of the earth to provide superior computing power where you need it, when you need it; build digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, making it more personalized for people in all aspects of their life, whether they’re at home, in the office, or on the go. For more information, please visit Huawei online at www.huawei.com or follow us on:

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October 18, 2021

Huawei Digital Power lights up Dubai and calls for collective efforts for low-carbon, smart society

Huawei Digital Power lights up Dubai with a spectacular light show on Burj Khalifa with the theme ‘Building a Low-carbon and Green Future’ which successfully concludes Global Digital Power Summit 2021 with more than 500 participants from 67 countries attending.
Huawei calls for collective actions from global customers and partners to join new Carbon Neutrality Initiative, with organizations and policy-makers from around the world backing the initiative during the summit.
Huawei signs MoUs with Grupo IMELSA and HYBRICO Energy for strategic collaboration on clean energy and green infrastructure development.
Huawei also signs a key contract with SEPCOIII for The Red Sea Project with 400 MW PV plus 1300 MWh battery energy storage solution (BESS), which is currently the world’s largest energy storage project.

DUBAI, UAE, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Digital Power has concluded its Global Digital Power Summit 2021 in Dubai, UAE, with more than 500 participants from 67 countries attending. As the world prioritizes carbon neutrality and post-pandemic recovery, the summit aimed to inspire collective action towards building a low-carbon and smarter society powered by digital technologies.

In the keynote speech, Charles Yang, SVP of Huawei and President of Global Marketing Sales and Services at Huawei Digital Power, said: “Carbon neutrality has become a global consensus and mission. To achieve that goal, power production needs to be low carbonized, and power consumption needs to be electrified. Huawei has deeply integrated digital and power electronics technologies to create all-scenario low-carbon energy solutions, covering the whole energy flow from green power generation to efficient power consumption.”

With an increasing number of countries joining the path towards carbon neutrality, the world is brimming with opportunities for investment into renewable energy and green infrastructure. At the summit, industry leaders and government officials from PV, Data Center and Site Power sectors – including Sen. Rocio Adriana Abreu Artinaño, President of the Energy Commission, Senate of the Republic of Mexico, Sanjay Kumar Sainani, Global SVP & CTO from Huawei Digital Power, Mohammad Saeed Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Data Hub Integrated Solutions LLC (MORO), Hariram Subramanian, CTO of Huawei FusionSolar, Manish Singhal, Head of Solar PV, ACWA Power, Michel FRAISSE, Vice President & CTO, Huawei Digital Power Europe, Jasem Al Marzooqi, Head of Data Centers & Telecom Facilities, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, du, Prof Rabih Bashroush, Global Head, IT Infrastructure Advisory, Uptime Institute, and many more – have shared technologies, insights and policies to meet the future opportunities in renewable energy and green ICT infrastructure.

Specifically, experts from data center energy including Simon McCormick，CTO of Echelon, Seppo Ihalainen, CEO & Co-founder, Ficolo, Prof Rabih Bashroush, Global Head, IT Infrastructure Advisory, Uptime Institute and Jim Campbell, BEng (Hons) Building Services, MIET, ATD, Regional Director – RED Middle East have joined the panel discussion moderated by Sanjay Kumar Sainani. To lead the green energy transition, Amit Beriya, Director of Energy Storage & Hydrogen (BD Technical Services), ACWA Power, George Pechlivanoglou, CTO of Eunice, Ana Lia Rojas, President of EnerConnex Chile & President of the Chile Council for Women Leaders in Energy and Environment, CWEEL and Edson Uamusse, Strategic Planning Director & Chairman’s Advisor, Energy Fund of Mozambique have shared their insights from the energy industry moderated by Hariram Subramanian.

Partnership for a Greener and Bright Future

Huawei Digital Power adheres to the strategy of open hardware, open-source software, and layered collaboration with industry players for a greener, brighter future. As a key part of the summit, Huawei signed memorandums of understanding with Grupo IMELSA and HYBRICO Energy for strategic collaboration on clean energy and green infrastructure development. Huawei also signs a key contract with SEPCOIII for The Red Sea Project with 400 MW PV plus 1300 MWh battery energy storage solution (BESS), which is currently the world’s largest energy storage project.

What sets Huawei Digital Power apart from peers is its unique philosophy of “Use Bits to Manage Watts”. Specifically, Mr. Yang noted how the company will use digital technologies to manage power electronics and equipment, providing simplified, green, smart, and secure solutions for clean power generation, green ICT infrastructure, transportation electrification, and integrated smart energy.

Call for Carbon Neutrality Initiative

Carbon neutrality has become a global consensus and mission. At the summit, Huawei Digital Power called for global action to pursue low-carbon and sustainable development, which requires continuous innovations, the adoption of green practices, and banding together to build an open and win-win ecosystem.

Liu Fangjiang, President of SEPCOIII International, Eaman Al Roudhan, CEO of Zain Kuwait, Sen. Rocio Adriana Abreu Artinaño, President of the Energy Commission, Senate of the Republic of Mexico, Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, Board Member, Executive, Managing Director at du, and Simon McCormick, CTO of Echelon, have all backed the Huawei initiative during the summit. They were joined by Mr. Yang.

Through open collaboration and co-innovation, Huawei Digital Power and its global partners now share a commitment to fight global warming and contribute towards carbon neutrality worldwide.

Light up of Burj Khalifa to Inspire and Initiate Change

As the exciting ending of the Global Digital Power Summit 2021, Huawei Digital Power lit up Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building and an iconic landmark in Dubai, to inspire international communities to accelerate the green transition and build a low-carbon and smart society together.

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October 18, 2021

The Prestigious AISL Harrow Scholarships 2022/24 is Accepting Applications from 15 October, 2021

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HONG KONG, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Asia International School Limited (AISL), with over 25 years of educational excellence in Asia, announced the official launch of its AISL Harrow Scholarships Programme Y2022/24, marking the second year of the most prestigious – and most generous – scholarship award available across the AISL Harrow family.

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October 18, 2021

COVID-19: ANGOLA REPORTS 53 NEW INFECTIONS, TWO DEATHS

Luanda – Angolan health authorities announced on Sunday 53 new infections and two deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the country’s Covid-19 statistics update report, the new cases were diagnosed in Luanda with 43 and 10 in Zaire.

The list of the new patients, whose ages range from 21 to 81 years, is made up of 30 men and 23 women.

As for the deaths, they are two Angolan citizens, aged 22 and 67, residing in Bié (1) and Huambo (1).

Angola has a record of 62,842 cases, with 1,661 deaths, 59,616 recoveries and 10,552 active patients.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

October 18, 2021

COVID-19: ANGOLA RECORDS 170 NEW CASES, 403 RECOVERIES

Luanda – Angolan health authorities announced last Monday the recovery of 403 patients, 170 new cases and six deaths in the last 24 hours.

According to the daily report, among those recovered, with age ranging from 2 to 78 years old, 251 are from Luanda, 97 from Benguela, 28 from Cuando Cubango, 21 from Huila, 4 from Namibe and 2 from Cunene.

New cases were reported in Luanda (112), Huambo (22), Benguela (16), Zaire (6), Cabinda (5), Cuando Cubango (5), Malanje and Huíla with 2 cases each. With ages between 3 months and 73 years, 102 are men and 68 female.

The deaths occurred in the provinces of Luanda with 5 and 1 in Huambo.

Angola has so far totaled 63,012 infections, 1,670 deaths, 51,029 recoveries and 10,313 active patients.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

October 18, 2021

TURKEY PLEDGES USD 500 MILLION CREDIT

Luanda – President of Turkey Recept Tayip Erdogan announced Monday in Luanda a credit of USD 500 million to increase cooperation with Angola in the most diverse areas.

Recept Tayip Erdogan made the pledge at a joint press conference with his Angolan counterpart, João Lourenço.

After signing several new cooperation agreements between the two states, Turkey’s president expressed interest in supporting Angola’s economic development.

The Turkish Head of State, who is visiting Angola, stressed that the start of direct flights between the two countries aims to increase cooperation in the fields of education, agriculture, tourism and industry, including the military, with reciprocal advantages.

He said that there is much to do in Angola in the energy sector, in exploring agricultural potential and natural gas, as well as in the military industry, to boost efforts to pacify the region and the world.

Recept Tayip Erdogan said he appreciates Angola’s ongoing reforms and efforts to pacify southern and central Africa.

He invited President João Lourenço to participate in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Summit, scheduled for December in that Eurasian country.

The Turkish statesman defended a world of fairer international relations, without fear, so that peoples cooperate for world peace and development.

The Governments of Angola and Turkey signed Monday, in Luanda, cooperation agreements in customs matters, in the fields of agriculture, education and industry, as part of bilateral cooperation.

A joint declaration for the establishment of the Economic and Trade Commission between the two countries and memorandums of understanding in the sectors of tourism, trade, industry and technology were also signed.

Another legal instrument is related to a cooperation protocol between Rádio Nacional de Angola and Radio and Television of Turkey.

The visit to Angola by the Head of State of Turkey is in return for the visit of President João Lourenço to that country on 27-29 July this year, during which agreements were signed in the fields of transport, mineral resources, trade, economy and the elimination of visas in service, diplomatic and special passports.

Angola and Turkey cooperate since 1980 in the fields of agriculture, education, culture, defence, justice, trade and sport.

Turkey has investments in the provinces of Luanda and Uíge, in the areas of industry, commerce, education and civil construction, and currently trade between the two countries totals USD134 million, with prospects of reaching USD1 billion in the next years.

In 2020, Turkey invested around USD22.55 million in Angola in various sectors, and the African country is interested in the experience and potential of the Turks in the textile, agri-food and automobile industries, as well as in the production of household appliances and assembly of tractors and motorcycles.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

October 18, 2021

ANGOLA OPEN TO TURKISH INVESTMENT

Luanda – Angolan head of State João Lourenço stressed the country’s intention to attract Turkish investments that might generate financial capital, high tech and know-how.

Delivering his speech at Angola-Turkey Economic Forum, João Lourenço said that he expects that the Turkish investment allows to diversify and rapidly and effectively increase the local productions of goods and services.

He said that the Angolan Executive has identified the priority sectors for the investment adding that the country is open to the participation of Turkish companies in the development of public infrastructure.

The statesman highlighted the construction of roads, bridges, railways, power stations and electrical transportation chain as priorities for the investment, through private partnership.

The president recalled of the Turkey’s investments of large-scale in the mining exploration of iron and production of steel, stating that the country has other minerals to explore, such as gold, copper and rare metals.

“There is a package of companies and public assets under privatisation process, as a whole or in part, covering assets from the sectors of oil, banking and insurance, large agricultural farms and industry. So we invite the Turkish investors and companies to participate in the ongoing international tenders”, said the president.

According to him, new investments enable the increase of employment levels in Angola, improves the revenues of the citizens and the export will be more diversified.

João Lourenço said that Angola and Turkey are now closer, through direct air connection between Luanda and Istanbul which was recently inaugurated. We expect that this might certainly allow the increase of trade exchange between the countries and raise business and tourism trips among citizens and companies.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

October 18, 2021

Afghan Door-to-Door Anti-Polio Drive to Resume After 3 years

The United Nations announced Monday that a nationwide house-to-house polio vaccination campaign in conflict-torn Afghanistan will recommence next month and hailed the new Taliban government for agreeing to lift a ban on such drives.

Afghanistan is one of two countries in the world, along with neighboring Pakistan, where the highly infectious and incurable disease continues to cripple children.

Officials on both sides documented only one infection each so far in 2021 of the wild poliovirus Type 1 (WPV1), the lowest-ever transmission seen at the same time in Pakistan and Afghanistan, compared to 84 and 56 cases respectively last year.

The house-to-house Afghan anti-polio campaign due to start November 8 is aimed at reaching around 10 million children under the age of 5 across the country, including more than 3 million in remote and previously inaccessible areas, according to the World Health Organization and U.N. children’s agency UNICEF.

The Taliban, who regained power in August, banned door-to-door vaccinations in April 2018 in areas under their control as they waged insurgent attacks against the ousted Western-backed Afghan government and international forces.

“Over this 3-and-a-half-year period, there were approximately 3.3 million children, some of whom could never be reached — or some of them inconsistently reached — with vaccination because of this ban,” Dr. Hamid Jafari, director of polio eradication for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, told VOA.

He explained that the Taliban had seen polio teams’ house-to-house movement as a security risk for their fighters in the wake of the nature of the conflict at the time.

“They have now the controlling authority across the country, and there is not much active conflict right now. So, they (Taliban) have decided to continue their support for polio eradication and specially vaccination through house-to-house vaccination,” the WHO official said.

Jafari recalled the polio eradication program started in Afghanistan in the 1990s when the Taliban were in government and hailed the Islamist group for being supportive of the anti-polio efforts from the outset.

He stressed the need for aggressively implementing the anti-polio campaign, saying the low number of cases offer a “truly unique opportunity” to eradicate the virus from Afghanistan.

Jafari underlined the economic importance of the house-to-house campaign, saying it will be the first major mobilization of Afghan health workers for delivery of a nationwide vaccination service since the Taliban takeover of the country.

“In the current situation of real economic challenges, where many workers and people have not been paid their salaries, this campaign will be one activity in which a large number of the workforce will actually participate in vaccine delivery and will get paid for it,” he said.

WHO officials said a second campaign in Afghanistan, due to begin in coordination with a campaign in Pakistan in December, has also been agreed to.

Jafari cautioned that it is too early for both countries to celebrate that they are nearing polio eradication. He noted there are still several million children in Afghanistan who have not been administered polio drops in recent years, and there are areas in Pakistan where children still need to be inoculated against the virus.

“We have an unprecedented epidemiological opportunity right now to succeed in final polio eradication in both countries. The progress is encouraging, but it is very fragile, and both countries still have to work very hard. This is not a time to be complacent,” Jafari said.

Source: Voice of America

October 18, 2021

Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Abortion Law

As a legal battle plays out in the courts, the Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Texas law that bans most abortions in the state.

The Justice Department asked the high court Monday to reverse a decision by an appeals court that allows the law to remain in effect while litigation over the policy continues.

The Republican-backed law bans abortions once cardiac activity has been detected in an embryo, which typically occurs at six weeks, a point when some women are not aware they are pregnant.

The law also allows members of the public to sue people who may have facilitated an abortion after six weeks.

The Supreme Court has already ruled on the issue once before in a lawsuit filed by abortion providers. In a 5-4 vote last month, the court allowed the law to remain in effect as the legal battle over it continues.

The Supreme Court, however, has not yet ruled on the constitutionally of the Texas law.

The high court became more conservative under former President Donald Trump, who appointed three justices to the nine-seat bench. Conservatives now hold a 6-3 majority.

The court’s handling of the abortion issue is being closely watched since it allowed the restrictive Texas law to take effect last month. Later in September, the court announced it would hear arguments in December in a case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade, the decades-old ruling that gives women the right to an abortion.

The court scheduled oral arguments for December 1 to hear a case concerning a Mississippi state law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

The case asks justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that allows women to have abortions in most circumstances. Roe v. Wade establishes a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion before a fetus is viable, typically around 24 weeks of pregnancy.

The court’s latest actions have fueled speculation that a majority of the justices could be inclined to formally curtail abortion rights.

A poll released by Monmouth University last month found that 62% of Americans believe abortion should either always be legal or be legal with some limitations. Twenty-four percent said it should be illegal except in rare circumstances such as rape, while 11% said it should always be illegal.

Source: Voice of America

October 18, 2021

ANGOLA, TURKEY STRENGTHEN COOPERATION

Luanda – Government of Angola and Turkey signed Monday in Luanda cooperation agreements on customs matter in the fields of agriculture, education and industry as part of the strengthening of bilateral cooperation.

The parties also signed legal instruments in the presence of the two countries’ presidents, João Lourenço (Angola) and Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey), with the latter on two-day official visit to Angola.

They also signed a joint declaration providing for the establishment of the Angola/Turkey Economic and Trade Commission, with trade exchanges standing at more than USD 130 million.

The two governments signed also memorandum of understanding related to the sectors of Tourism, Trade, Industry and Technology as well as that related to the cooperation protocol between the Angola National Radio station and the Turkish Radio and TV station.

This was after the meeting between the Ministerial delegations of the two countries, held Monday at Presidential Palace.

The trade exchange between the countries stands at USD 134 million and according to the estimate it may reach billions in the coming years.

In 2020 Turkey’s investment in Angola stood at about USD 22.55 million in various sectors.

The diplomatic bilateral relationships date back to 1980.

The two countries enjoy cooperation agreements on trade, agriculture, education, culture, defense, justice and sports.

In Angola, Turkey has investments in the provinces of Luanda and Uíge with stress in the fields of industry, trade, education and civil construction.

Source: Angola Press News Agency