Building a Fully Connected, Intelligent World

FusionSolar for a Sustainable Business

Huawei C&I Smart PV Solution

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 01 Overview on Huawei

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Huawei: Leading provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices
170+
countries and regions

207,000
employees

55.4%
of employees work in R&D

No. 4
in global R&D investment

Vision & mission

120,000+
Bring digital to every person, home and organization for active patents held globally
(*Huawei has one of the world's largest patent portfolios.)
a fully connected, intelligent world

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Huawei Digital Power—— Global R&D teams and technology platforms: Leveraging
the domain specific advantages globally to keep leading

170 countries and regions

Sweden: Stockholm
Algorithm and Topology
Research Center
Beijing and Xi'an
Canada: Vancouver Product Development
10000+ employees Centers
Power Electronics, Energy Storage Japan: Yokohama
60% R&D
Germany: Nuremberg Xi’an
Beijing Electric Drive
Power Electronics Silicon Valley Research Center
Wuhan Nanjing
Chengdu, Nanjing and Wuhan Chengdu Shanghai
Technical Pre-research Centers Product
12 R&D centers
Development Center

Shenzhen and Dongguan:

R&D headquarters
10%+ R&D investment R&D and Manufacturing Centers

1700+ patents

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 Smart PV C&I Solution
02 • C&I PV solution
• C&I PV+ESS solution

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FusionSolar C&I Smart PV Solution, “1+4” Fully Upgrade

3-1 Smart Module Controller 3-3 Smart PVMS

1-1 Smart PV Controller

3-2 Smart String ESS

SUN2000-12-25KTL-M5
SUN2000-50KTL-M3
SUN2000-100/110/115KTL-M2

Active Safety High Reliability Optimal Electricity Cost Smart O&M

Level4 AFCI, Ahead in the Industry Availability 99.999% Module-Level Optimization Module-Level Monitoring
0V Voltage Shutdown Leading Triple-EMC Protection Built-in PID Recovery L4 Smart IV Curve Diagnosis

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 Optimal Electricity Cost

More Energy Yield: Industry-leading Module-level Optimization

Traditional: PV module mismatch Huawei: Independent optimal power generation

• Module mismatch caused • 5%-30% more power

by shading generation, better LCOE
• Reduced energy yield
90% 90% 85% 85% 100% 100%

More Power Generation by PV + Optimizer Solution @China

South Slope + North Slope: T4

South Slope: T2 North Slope: T2 4.62% 5.03% Acknowledged by

Business Owners
South Slope energy yield North Slope energy yield
 Optimal Electricity Cost

More PV Models: Industry-leading Module-level Optimization

Traditional: Shaded area can not be installed Huawei: Install more than 30% Modules

• PV module cannot be • Average 30% roof

installed in shadows utilization rate improved
VS • Module differences are
• Complex module layout and
electrical design not considered in the
design scheme

More Modules Installed by PV + Optimizer Solution @China

2,550,000 More Installable Modules

15%
kWh/year
Roof utilization rate Electricity Cost
More Power Generation
 Active Safety

Personal Safety: Industry-leading Module-level 0V Rapid Shutdown

Traditional: Rooftop high voltage Huawei: Module-level rapid shutdown

• Fire safety risks,

Firefighters are in danger of • 10s rapid shutdown,
electric shock ensuring personal safety
1000V VS
• O&M safety risks: O&M • Rooftop 0V voltage, no
personnel may easily get risk of electric shock
injured by high voltage

0V Shutdown Becomes An Important Standard

HW: Meets the most advanced

safety standards, NEC 2017 & 2020

EU: VDE-AR-E US: NEC 2020 Thailand: EIT Brazil: Inmetro

2100-712 RSD
 Optimal Electricity Cost

Reduce Energy Yield Loss: Built-in PID Recovery

Traditional: Potential Induced Degradation Huawei: Built-in PID recovery

• Severely passivated battery

Na
+
surface due to potential • Secure better module
difference performance
• Power attenuation of PV
VS • Reduce energy yield loss
modules by ≥ 3%

Reduce Energy Yield Loss by PID Recovery Technology @China

3%
Repair effect：
TUV Certification
~99%
Energy Yield
 High Reliability

No Replacement Required Within Lifecycle: Industry-leading Product Reliability

1400+ test cases 99.999% Availability

21 reliability tests
<0.5% Annual failure
7 External field
rate
TUV certification

Global GW-level Applications, Reliable Operation in Harsh Environments

High humidity&salt spray @China World's largest C&I PV plants @Turkey Low temperature @China High temperature @United Arab Emirates
 Active Safety

Device Safety: C&I’s 1st Smart String Disconnection Function

Traditional: DC short circuit Huawei: Smart String Disconnection Function

• Intelligent enabled, free of
• Manually enabled, causing site visit
Switch MPPT1
high safety risks
331.2~444A
• 15ms rapid shutdown,
• Equipment damage: inverter,
.
MPPT2

MCCB& transformer
VS ensuring device safety
• Real-time monitoring,
.
Short circuit in
. MPPT10 DC wire

• Secondary damage: fire quickly cut off the fault

hazard etc current circuit

HW Industry-leading SSLD
Passed CGC's first intelligent
segmentation certification
Reverse connection of PV strings DC input backfeed Internal short circuit
 Active Safety

Personal Safety: Exclusive Module-level Insulation Resistance Fault Location

➢ The damaged cable insulation causes short

circuit to electricity, which may cause electric
shock.
➢ The insulation impedance of the system
decreases in the humid environment, causing
Damaged Cable Humid Environment the equipment to shut down.

Traditional: No fault location Huawei: Module-level Fault Location

• Higher precision ensures

personal safety.
• Safety Risks
• Lower energy yield loss by
• Energy Yield Loss VS eliminating risk quickly

• Higher O&M efficiency &

• Difficult O&M lower O&M costs
 Optimal Electricity Cost

Higher Energy Yield: Industry-leading Smart MPP Tracking Algorithm

Efficient Dynamic MPPT MPPT Multi-Peak Scanning

P3 • Automatic identification
• 99.839% MPPT efficiency
of multi-peaks, precisely
• Quickly find maximum power locate the maximum power
point when the irradiation point
changes
• <200ms full range scanning
U3
U

More Power Generation by Smart MPPT Algorithm @ Vietnam

1.71% more Energy Yield

HW

VS
XX
Traditional solution
 Smart O&M

Reduce O&M costs by 50%: Industry-leading Module-level Monitoring

Traditional: Manual Detection, High O&M Cost Huawei: Auto-detection, Lower O&M Cost

• Manual site visits and frequent • Automatic detection reduces

inspection
V the number of site visits.
VS S
• Manual fault location, low • Automatic fault location,
efficiency improves O&M efficiency

2-3 3 1 0
Hours for Minutes for Intelligent and
Times/quarter Time-consuming Time/quarter
fault location fault location efficient
 Smart O&M

Improve O&M efficiency by 50%: Industry-leading Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis

Traditional: Conventional On-site Inspection Huawei: Online Smart I-V Curve Diagnosis

Shaded by wall
VS
Hot spots PID effects Shattered glass

Shaded by air conditioner outdoor unit

• Onsite diagnosis by experts in 1day • Online diagnosis in 2min

• 1%-10% sample scanning • 100% string scanning

• Manual data analysis & report writing • Auto diagnosis report generated in 10min
 Smart PV C&I Solution
02 • C&I PV solution
• C&I PV+ESS solution

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FusionSolar C&I Smart PV Solution, Fully Upgrade

3-1 Smart Module Controller 3-3 SmartPVMS

1-1 Smart PV Controller 3-2 Smart String ESS

LUNA2000-97/129/161kWh-2H1
LUNA2000-200kWh-2H1

Active Safety More Energy Reliable Power Smart O&M One-stop Solution
Pack-level optimization, Automatic switchover
Three-dimensional Safety Design Automatic SOC calibration Better synergy & aftersales
5% more energy between on-grid & off-grid

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 Industry
Business
Insights
Model

Five Business Models of GRID+ESS to Support Value Implementation in Business

Five Business Models of ESS to Support Value Implementation.

Multiple Mode is Supported

TOU

Elec. Cost Diff.＞$0.2/kwh,

ROI＜5 years
Ancillary
Services Demand
Frequency regulation cost＞ Management
$18/MW/h，ROI＜5 years
Demand cost＞$130/kw/year，
ROI＜8 years

Power
Before

After
Maximum Self- Avoid grid
Consumption reconstruction

Elec. Cost＞$0.3, ROI＜ The grid capacity is insufficient.

5 years Grid reconstruction - Cost €74k/
Duration 6 months

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 Active Safety

Active Safety, Three-dimensional Safety Design for Device, Assets

& Personal Safety
Challenges: The lack of hazard pre-warning and
Huawei: Three-dimensional safety design
safety management leads to high safety risks

The Beijing Dahongmen ESS accident Device Property Personal

@China Pre-warning & Active isolation Directional
monitoring sdsdsdsds explosion discharge
Short circuit within a single battery
pack leads to thermal runaway To prevent device To prevent fire To avoid harm to
from catching fire from spreading personnel in extreme
cases

ESS accident @Australia

Directional explosion
Leakage in the cooling system was not
discharge
promptly identified, leading to thermal
runaway
Rack controller
Multiple
environment
LG ESS accident @Korea sensors
The safety of ternary lithium batteries is
low, and there is a lack of coordinated
management
Battery pack Fire suppression system
optimizer
 Active Safety

Device Safety, Cloud BMS & Cell-level Monitoring, Proactively

Identifying and Alerting Risks
Huawei: Cloud BMS, high precision Huawei: Cell-level monitoring, real-time
internal short-circuit detection algorithm visual & manageable battery cell data
97%
SOH
BMS Identifying the following risks
24h in advance 17mv
Cell voltage
Over voltage/ Internal short
U current/ discharge circuit
20℃
Temperature
System temp. is
too high
Penetration &
85%
External force
Internal defect
deformation
Cell SOC

12.8A
Current

• Remote internal short-circuit detection, identifying • Real-time monitoring of battery cell data, including SOH,
potential risks, and providing a 24-hour advance warning SOC, voltage, current, number of cycles
for thermal runaway • Cell data is visible and manageable on the SmartPVMS
 Active Safety

Property Safety, Optimizer + Rack Controller & Active Fire Suppression

Module, Quickly Extinguishing Fires

Rack controller

Optimizer
Huawei: Multiple interlocks, active disconnection
& fast isolation, quickly suppress the danger

Active fire
suppression module
• Optimizer actively bypasses faulty battery packs

• Rack controller provides overcurrent/ short circuit protection

• Active fire suppression module automatically senses in

extreme situations and extinguishes fire quickly within 10s
 Active Safety

Personal Safety, Directional Explosion Discharge, Prevent Harm in

Extreme Situations
Traditional: No directional explosion discharge Huawei: Directional explosion discharge

Pressure release
• Housing windows
disintegration
• Door panel VS
flying out
• Window
shattered

• No directional explosion discharge

• Directional explosion discharge, with no personnel harm
• Flames and high-pressure gases may spray out from
within 1 meter perimeter
cabinet doors
• Pressure release windows equals to safety airbag in car
• Posing a great threat to personnel safety
 More Energy

More Energy, Pack-level Optimization to Achieve 5% More Usable Energy

Traditional: Low available capacity Huawei: Pack-level optimization

VS
Optimizer Optimizer Optimizer
250 Ah 250 Ah 250 Ah

320 Ah 250 Ah 320 Ah

One poor battery affects all batteries, low available capacity One poor battery will not affect other batteries, achieving 5%
more energy

8% more power by profitable ESS Solution @China

• TOU business mode

Energy Yield Electricity Cost
• Discharge mode: 2
times/day 8% more power $17,400/year
 Reliable Power

Reliable Power, Ensuring Continuous Production in Off-grid Scenario

Traditional: Poor micro-grid adaptability Huawei: Excellent micro-grid adaptability

Power PV ESS Load Power PV ESS Load

VS

Load power Micro-grid System crash Micro-grid Fault traversal The system can run
fluctuation fluctuation Load shutdown fluctuation succeeded continuously and stably.

• In off-grid scenarios, low capacity of DG or ESS can • PCS with microgrid compatibility. Smart control
cause grid disturbances when loads fluctuate algorithms to ensure successful ride-through of off-grid
faults
• Traditional solutions may fail to ride through grid
disturbances, leading to equipment protection • Enhancing the adaptability of voltage and frequency
shutdown and load power outage fluctuations to ensure the stable operation of the system
 Smart O&M

Smart O&M, Remote Maintenance to Replace Site Visit, Saving O&M Cost

Traditional: On-site visit Huawei: Automatic SOC calibration

• On-site SOC calibration • Automatic SOC

calibration, free of site visit
• Battery data is invisible.
Fault location requires on- VS • Cell-level monitoring,
site visit remote fault location
• Manual adjustment of SOC • Auto-adjustment of SOC
after the battery is replaced after the battery is replaced

$1700/year 6 times/year Low accuracy 0 0 High accuracy

Manual Automatic
Cost Site visit calibration Cost Site visit calibration
Thank you. Bring digital to every person, home, and
organization for a fully connected,
intelligent world.

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portfolio, new technology, etc. There are a number of factors that
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