The company also announced a new €50,000 grant for five sports clubs across Ireland.

Last week, Huawei held its annual Innovation Day in Ireland at University College Dublin (UCD)’s O’Reilly Hall, bringing together senior decision-makers, engineers and energy experts to discuss the practical realities of Ireland’s transition to a sustainable and resilient energy supply.

The “real highlight” of the event, said Dennis Tossijn, the chief technology officer for west European multi-country ICT network solutions at Huawei, is getting the “ecosystem” together, including “end customers, the partners, technology partners, in one place to discover together the new technologies, the innovations”.

A key aspect of the day’s proceedings, he added, were new AI-related solutions the company wants to bring to its end customers.

On 3 June, O’Reilly Hall saw dozens in attendance visiting workshops and exploring the latest Huawei had to offer. Among a number of products on display were Huawei’s renewable energy and energy storage solutions.

David Minnis, the company’s senior solutions director for energy storage systems, said that Huawei’s grid-forming platform allows for the large scale adoption of solar energy as part of a wider renewable energy mix.

“So, businesses can adopt solar energy right up to utility scale, where we can deploy large-scale systems in megawatts and even at gigawatt level,” he said.

“Solar energy is one of the fastest growing types of energy generation. It can be deployed at scale. It’s the one of the most cost-effective ways of generating electricity.”

The company, which has had a presence in Ireland since 2004, also announced a new €50,000 sports grant for five sports clubs across the country.

“The sports scheme reflects Huawei’s broader commitment to the communities in which it operates,” the company said, adding that it has also invested more than €250m into its Irish R&D efforts between 2019 and 2023.

Speaking about the grant, Calvin Lan, the CEO of Huawei Ireland, said: “Sport is one of the most powerful forces in Irish community life.

“We are delighted to be awarding €10,000 to five sports clubs around the country to enhance facilities, expand participation or strengthen youth development programmes.”

Lan told SiliconRepublic.com, “It is one small way to giving something back.”

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