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Huawei to support energy transition in Europe

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5 years ago

December 31, 2021

Huawei is proud to announce it is joining Eurelectric and its business members. Eurelectric is the federation for the European electricity industry representing the power sector in over 32 European countries and speaking for more than 3,500 companies in power generation, distribution and supply.

“The commitment to decarbonize and spearhead the energy transition has led us on a challenging, yet exciting journey. The actions we take during this decade – the Electric Decade – will be instrumental in shaping a sustainable, resilient, net-zero emissions economy. Cross-sector partnerships are key for the success of the twin green and digital transition.

“We are thrilled to have Huawei as a business member, in our mission to achieve a cost-effective, customer-empowering, clean energy transition”, said Bruce Douglas, Director of Business and Communications at Eurelectric.

This important partnership marks another milestone in Huawei’s continued efforts to work together with stakeholders in Europe and globally to provide technology and digital solution to solve global challenges and achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal.

“At Huawei, we realize the urgency of ensuring affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern supply of energy for all by 2030. We are thus looking forward to working with Eurelectric and fellow members to support the energy transition in Europe and foster collaboration and cooperation to achieve the goals of the twin digital and green transition pursued by the EU”, said Tony Jin, Chief Representative to the European institutions.

“We are glad to join Eurelectric in the task of de-carbonizing the energy market. Eurelectric and its members have been one of the first to focus on green energy models to reduce CO2 emissions. It will help us to rapidly understand the industry’s needs and engage with experts on sustainable solutions. We will work together to integrate digital and power electronics technologies to drive energy revolution for a better, greener future”, said Bob He, President of Huawei Digital Power Western Europe.

“At a time when energy prices are exceptionally high, public and private sector stakeholders have an ever-important role to join forces and further research and development to find digital and green solutions to drive a clean energy transition in Europe.

Huawei is in Europe for Europe and will work with Eurelectric partners to provide solutions that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring a secure and affordable EU energy supply, developing a fully integrated, interconnected and digitalized EU energy market, improving energy efficiency, and supporting a power sector mainly based on renewable sources,” he added.

To support the 2030 climate objectives and the EU’s long-term strategy of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, Huawei has said it can offer digital green solutions.

In Karpathos, an island in Greece for example, Huawei supported a local operator to stabilize the power supply through iSolar solution, which can provide more than 50% of the total power consumption of one site, reduce fossil energy consumption by more than 51%, and reduce carbon emissions by more than 10 tons each year.

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Alake Inaugurates Nigeria-US Solid Minerals Committee, Dismisses $700bn Claim, Says No Assets Sold

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4 days ago

October 28, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, on Tuesday inaugurated the Nigeria-United States Committee on Strategic Cooperation in the Solid Minerals Sector in Abuja, dismissing reports that Nigeria sold $700 billion worth of solid minerals to the US.

The inauguration followed the strategic cooperation framework established between Nigeria and the United States during the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head PRESS and Public Relations Department Mrs. Kania Maliki Andeyaba stated that, Alake in the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed with the US is a government-to-government platform to facilitate business-to-business engagements between American investors and Nigerian local operators, not a sale of assets.

Harping on the importance of the solid minerals sector to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic diversification agenda, he noted that the administration was committed to reducing dependence on a mono-product economy through the sustainable development of Nigeria’s vast mineral resources.

According to him, the Nigeria–US partnership as a strategic initiative to attract investment, promote technology transfer, strengthen local mineral processing and create employment opportunities.

“There is no sale of any Nigerian asset. There’s nothing exchanging hands,” Alake declared.

“We created a platform to facilitate mingling of US investment ventures with Nigeria’s local operators. It is in the public domain. We signed it in public and published it in four or five national newspapers.”

The Minister said reports claiming the US was coming to take over Nigeria’s minerals and security architecture were untrue at best and products of riotous imagination at worst.

Explaining the policy thrust, Alake said Africa has historically held the short end of the stick in global economic transactions, and Nigeria is determined to change that model.

“We have the resources, the critical elements the world needs to transit to clean energy. So we are creating a new paradigm — you bring your capital, expertise and technology, to match with our natural resources and create a win-win situation . The investor gains, Nigeria gains.’’he said.

Nigeria, he stressed, had operated a mono-cultural economy dependent on oil, while solid minerals were exploited informally — with ores taken “from pit to port” without value addition.

Alake said government has now made local processing mandatory, refusing to grant mineral titles to investors without a clear pathway to processing in Nigeria.

He said the policy led to the springing up of processing factories, including the largest lithium processing plant in West Africa commissioned recently in Nasarawa by the Vice President, and informed the formation of the African Minerals Strategy Group.

Alake noted that investor confidence has returned due to macro-economic reforms by President Bola Tinubu that guarantee security of tenure and repatriation of profits.

He charged the committee to discharge its assignment responsibly, saying its work is strategic to achieving the President’s $1 trillion economy target.

To this end, he told the Committee to ensure effective coordination, identify investment opportunities and translate the framework into measurable outcomes capable of positioning Nigeria as a competitive player in the global solid minerals industry.

In his welcome address, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr. Faruk Yusuf Yabo, said the inauguration translates growing bilateral engagements into a structured framework for practical cooperation and investment mobilization

Economic Officer at the US Embassy, Jonathan Baas, said President Donald Trump has prioritized three areas for US embassies — energy, artificial intelligence/super intelligence, and critical minerals.

Baas said Washington’s direction is to work with partners to secure critical supply chains while ensuring partners capture value.

“We just signed a contract today on looking into building AI data centres in Nigeria at the Nigerian Economic Summit. That’s the direction Washington wants us to go,” he said.

In his vote of thanks, CEO/Managing Director of Nigeria Solid Minerals Company, NSMC said that the committee

is expected to coordinate implementation, facilitate investment and monitor progress towards achieving the objectives of the Nigeria–US cooperation framework.

The inauguration reinforces the Federal Government’s commitment to repositioning the solid minerals sector as a key driver of economic diversification, industrial development and national prosperity under President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

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