Huawei’s senior solutions director for energy storage said that Europe has a lot to learn from China about sustainability solutions.
The annual Huawei enterprise roadshow made a pitstop at Dublin’s RDS Hall on 16 October, concluding with Ireland as its last stop on the 15-country, 25-city tour this year.
The Chinese tech giant showcased its newest ICT innovations in networking, storage and optical solutions, as well as dedicated products for renewable energy storage – all directed towards a variety of industries, including government, healthcare, education, retail, manufacturing and transportation.
Speaking with SiliconRepublic.com at the roadshow, Dennis Tossijn, the director of Huawei’s west-European enterprise network solution sales, said that the company received a “great” response to their new products.
“Many people [are] really interested in our technology and also how our technology can help them in being more digital,” he said, adding that AI-based solutions were also a hit with the customers this year.
Meanwhile, David Minnis, the company’s senior solutions director for energy storage, said that Europe has a lot to learn from China. “Look at things like regulation – we need to improve and speed up regulation, planning for solar and storage sites,” he said.
The pace of development around sustainability solutions in China is “outstanding”, he explained. “They’re now installing more solar in China alone than that the rest of the world put together.”
Development over the last decade in this area, he said, has been led by tech companies such as Huawei “who have got huge R&D budgets to understand how to decarbonise energy systems [and] how to become clever at energy management”, Minnis added.
Alongside the roadshow, the company also launched a report outlining the outlook for Irish businesses in the coming year. According to the survey, the forecast is looking up for businesses in the country, who say they have gotten used to the recent economic and political rollercoaster.
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