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Huawei and Temenos Announce Technology Partnership Agreement

  • Temenos Becomes First Core Banking Software Provider Certified with Huawei infrastructure and Huawei Public Cloud
  • Temenos and Huawei will jointly go-to-market with leading-edge financial services offerings in the cloud to drive scalability, operational efficiency, time-to-market, and innovation
  • Temenos cements its leadership in the cloud delivering its software across all major public cloud providers

GENEVA, Switzerland and SHANGHAI, China, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — During Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021, Huawei and Temenos, the banking software company, announced a partnership to offer Temenos’ cloud-native core banking solution on the Huawei Public Cloud. Temenos is the first core banking software certified with Huawei infrastructure and Huawei Public Cloud.

Geographically, the partnership covers Asia with a specific focus on China and it also includes Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.

The partnership brings together the extensive cloud hosting, implementation, and integration strengths of Huawei and the power of Temenos’ industry leading banking software. The scope of the partnership covers sales and marketing, implementation and training.

Huawei and Temenos Announce Technology Partnership Agreement

Financial institutions will be able to modernize their core banking systems on Huawei Cloud and benefit from elastic scalability, cost and operational efficiencies. Together, Temenos and Huawei will help banks of all sizes to go to market faster, open up new business models, and achieve industry-leading cost/income ratios.

The two companies have demonstrated success and have a number of existing customers and successful projects in APAC. The two companies already see significant market traction and have a number of new prospects in the works. Temenos and Huawei will jointly go to market focusing on China and moving to the more regions with aligned marketing and sales processes.

Temenos and Huawei have extensive reach into the global financial services market. More than 3,000 banking and financial institutions worldwide, serving the banking needs of 1.2 billion people, rely on Temenos cloud-native, API-first technology. Huawei also works with more than 2,000 financial institutions worldwide, including 47 of the world’s top 100 banks.

The growing demand for cloud-based models has accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, as banks require more resilient and agile technology propositions. Cloud has become the established software deployment method for digital-first banks that need to launch fast with minimum IT infrastructure cost. Larger banks increasingly shift to the cloud to incrementally modernize their systems, reduce IT complexity and cost gain greater speed to market.

Philip Barnett, President of Strategic Growth, and Member of Executive Committee of Temenos, said: “We are delighted to extend our leadership in the cloud and be the first to certify with Huawei. This joint go-to-market strategy with Huawei will massively accelerate our market penetration in China which represents approximately a USD 6 bn addressable market and we are extending to the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Together, we can help digital-first banks as well as large banks in need of core modernization accelerate their move in the cloud. Our API-first, cloud-native core banking solution based on Huawei Cloud will provide flexibility, agility, elasticity, and accelerate time to market for banks. Our certification on Huawei Cloud demonstrates that our cloud-agnostic banking platform enables banks to pursue a multi-cloud strategy and have the highest levels of active-active resilience with the cloud provider of their choice.”

“Huawei is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with industry-leading technology solution competent partners such as Temenos. The digital ecosystem is a place where all participants create and share value together. By strengthening partnerships, we can solve problems and create value for customers together, expand the cake, and open up new growth space for the finance industry,” said Mr. Ma Yue, Executive Vice President, Huawei Enterprise Business Group (EBG); President, Huawei EBG Global Partner Development and Sales.

Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021 was held in Shanghai from Jun 03 to 04. Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit is a global ICT event hosted by Huawei and focused on the financial industry. It was founded in 2013, all participants were the industry elite in the financial industry. For more information about Huawei Global FSI Summit, please visit: https://e.huawei.com/topic/2021-event-fsi-summit/en /index.html

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SNEC 2021: Huawei Digital Power Pushes for Carbon Neutrality through the Convergence of Energy and Information Flow

SHANGHAI, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — With the theme of “Leading power digitalization for a zero-carbon and smart society”, Huawei Digital Power presents its Zero-carbon All-scenario solution at SNEC 2021, the world’s largest solar trade exhibition being held June 3-5 in Shanghai, China. As a trailblazer in the global solar PV industry, Huawei is doing its part to fuel PV to become the main energy source and to create a greener world.

One of the most eye-catching parts of this exhibition is Huawei FusionSolar All-scenario PV & Storage Solution, which was unveiled on June 3. It covers “4+1” scenarios: Smart  PV Generator FusionSolar 8.0, Green Residential Power 2.0, Green C&I Power 1.0, and Off-grid (fuel removal) Power Supply Solutions + Energy Cloud, aiming to accelerate the shift to zero-carbon generation and bridge the energy divide. More details can be found at our website.

On top of the exhibition display, Huawei also hosts a two-day Huawei SNEC 2021 Global Virtual Summit, starting June 3, for customers and partners who cannot attend the exhibition in person. The online summit gives the audience a valuable chance to witness the new products launch, insightful expert interviews and highlights from the booth.

1.    FusionSolar 8.0: Create A Future-proof Smart PV Generator

Disrupting the traditional structure, Huawei launched the future-proof smart PV generator, called FusionSolar 8.0. It offers customers two benefits: First, the smart PV generator promises improved grid stability; second, the world’s first “Gemini” ±1500V design can help to support larger sub-arrays, higher voltages, thus could reduce LCOE by 7%.

2.    Green Residential Power 2.0: Start New Life in a Zero-carbon Home

The upgraded Green Residential Power 2.0 solution highlights the innovative “1+3+X”structure. With the Smart Energy Controller at the core, it is equipped with three key components— the optimizer, the smart string ESS and the Green Power Cloud to build the intelligent power ecosystem. The Green Residential Power 2.0 solution, focusing on smart power generation, storage and smart power consumption with multiple active safety features, can lower your energy bill and allow you to start a new zero-carbon life.

3.    Green C&I Power 1.0: Let Green Power Empower All Industries

Huawei launched its new C&I solution this year, which fits for different application scenarios: solar only, storage only, solar + storage + charging and off-grid. With the application of optimizers and the smart string energy storage system, the solution can improve the energy yield by 30% and energy storage power by up to 15%. Huawei inverters support intelligent AFCI arc protection and automatically shut down within 0.5s, ensuring the active safety of systems.

4.    Huawei’s Digital Power Zero-carbon All-scenario Solution: Lead the Power Digitalization for a Zero-carbon and Smart society

In addition to zero-carbon power generation, Huawei also displays the digital power zero-carbon all-scenario solution for the first time at SNEC. In the era of carbon neutrality, Huawei Digital Power business unit gives full play to its strengths in digital technology and power electronics and integrates the watt, thermal, energy storage, cloud, and AI technology, to accelerate the digitization of the energy industry and contribute to a zero-carbon smart society.

During the unfolding energy transition, renewables represented by solar PV will inevitably become the primary source of energy, and building a new power system with renewable energy as the main source is the key to achieve carbon neutrality. With profound expertise in the integration of digital technology and power electronics, Huawei works with customers and partners to promote the energy transition and build a zero-carbon and smart society.

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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Creating New Value Together: Huawei Launches Financial Partner Going-Global Program

SHANGHAI, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Huawei announced its Financial Partner Go Global Program (FPGGP) at the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021. FPGGP will collaborate with exciting new partners who wish to work with Huawei in the financial services industry. This global ecosystem will draw on their combined experience and expertise in technical innovation to drive digital transformation of finance. Together, they will develop industry-leading solutions, expand the global market, build the FinTech business ecosystem, create new value, and achieve shared business success.

Developing industry insights, improving services, and enabling collaboration

At the summit, Mr. Ma Yue, Executive Vice President of Enterprise BG and President of the Global Partner Development and Sales Dept, Huawei, said, “Consumer finance is developing towards full-scenario finance, which requires a cross-industry, full-scenario, and three-dimensional ecosystem After launching FPGGP, Huawei will work with global competent partners who are capable and willing to target international market expansion and establishing close partnerships to develop a strategy moving forward. Through our new partnerships, we will address digital transformation challenges, serve global financial customers, and create new value in the industry.”

Mr. Ma Yue

FPGGP enables new efficiencies and shared benefits

The initial FPGGP has 25 members, including seven on the board of directors from Huawei, Sunline, Tongdun Technology, Netis, Wallyt, Sinosoft, and Chinasoft International. The program will focus on policies and regulations, application scenarios, technical architecture, operational support, as well as collaboration and promotion.

In addition, FPGGP members enjoy Huawei’s six core partner benefits, which include: sharing business opportunities, capacity improvement, marketing, brand growth, support in investment and financing, and operational guidance, promoting joint efforts and shared success among Huawei and partners. Member enterprises will be able to leverage each other’s insights, share resources, and collaborate closely to succeed together. Huawei will also host several activities related to financial digital transformation across China to discuss relevant trends and strategies to ‘go-global’ with the industry. Ambitious enterprises with an eye for international growth are welcome to join FPGGP.

Huawei alone cannot build the foundation of the digital world — and so, collaboration is critical. For digital transformation, companies need to work together to survive and grow. Huawei will create and share value with partners and customers. At the end of 2020, Huawei had worked with more than 30,000 partners in the enterprise market, but the company doesn’t want to stop there. Huawei continues to grow by nurturing, motivating and supporting new partners in what is a shared goal: creating new value together.

At the end of 2020, Huawei worked with over 2,000 financial institutions from more than 60 countries and regions, including 47 of the world’s top 100 banks.

About the Intelligent Finance Summit

For more information about Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021, please visit: https://e.huawei.com/topic/2021-event-fsi-summit/en/index.html

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Huawei: Accelerate Financial Digitalization, Create New Value Together

SHANGHAI, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, was the first day of the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit 2021 held at Shanghai, with the theme “Accelerate Financial Digitization, New Value Together.” The two-day event attracted more than 3,000 global financial industry customers, partners, industry experts, and media. Huawei detailed how financial institutions can utilize technology to upgrade the industry and range of services on offer by constructing an ecosystem that is agile and intelligent, and ultimately transform themselves into digital-capable eco-enterprises. Huawei presented three strategic initiatives for their work in the financial sector: fully embracing cloud-native technology, diversifying and improving use cases within the industry and aggregating different SaaS products to help financial institutions become better digital enterprises.

The Financial Industry Needs to Adapt and Accelerate the Pace of Transformation

Peng Zhongyang, Member of the Board, President of the Enterprise Business Group, Huawei, in his opening speech made the point that as industries upgrade and converge, the financial services sector will transform to have their operations based on cloud through a more connected device ecosystem built for all scenarios. He added that Huawei is currently collaborating with its customers and partners to enable them to become more sustainable, resilient digital ecosystem-based enterprises, through the co-creation of technology, scenarios, and sustainability.

Mr. Peng Zhongyang

In the keynote speech on “Global Economic Recovery: Certainty and Uncertainty”, Dr. Fan Gang, Professor of Economics, Peking University; Vice President, China Society of Economic Reform, said, “The global pandemic is far from over. As the new engine of economic recovery, the most important component of the digital economy is not the production of digital equipment and digital technology itself, but the application of new information technology to transform various industries. Digital finance is the driving force of the development of the digital economy. It is therefore necessary to accelerate financial technology innovation, as FinTech will play a leading role in upgrading the digital transformation of thousands of industries.”

Cao Tong, President of HDFH and First President of WeBank; Hou Weirong, General Manager, Transaction Banking Department, China Merchants Bank; Chen Kunte Chief Digital Transformation Officer of Global Financial Services Business Unit, Enterprise BG, Huawei and Ye Tan, Well-Known Financial Critic joined the Panel: Intelligent Finance Transformation.

“The world is going through a digital revolution, which is closely related to finance and affects us all. Traditional banks are expanding their boundaries. I’m looking forward to the day when bankers and experts in technology can customize asset packages for users based on their age, wealth, and family structure.” Said by Ye Tan.

Huawei Announces Three Strategic Initiatives to Turn Financial Institutions into Better Digital Ecosystem-based Enterprises

Huawei announced three strategic initiatives it would develop in the financial sector to help financial institutions become better digital ecosystem-based enterprises. These included:

(1)  Encouraging institutions to fully embrace cloud native, innovative technologies that provide optimal infrastructure to accelerate digital and intelligent convergence and create an agile platform.

(2)  Deepening digitalization across all industry scenarios to enhance safe and secure data transfer, unlock the potential value of big data, and build out financial inclusion.

(3)  Aggregating different SaaS products to build an open ecosystem for all scenarios, and enable scenario-based financial services.

Jason Cao, President of the Global Financial Services Business Enterprise BG, Huawei, said in his speech, “Huawei has been working with the global financial industry for 10 years and has become an important partner in digital transformation for the industry. Huawei will continue to work with this industry to drive cloud-native computing to ensure financial institutions benefit from a modern and dynamic digital ecosystem that can be continually updated and developed, making use of the latest innovations. Huawei’s ethos is to help financial institutions grow into better digital ecosystem-based enterprises and develop fully connected, intelligent, and ecosystem-based finance together”.

Shi Jilin, Vice President of HUAWEI CLOUD BU and President of Global Marketing and Sales Service, said in her keynote speech that the financial industry has always been at the forefront of digital transformation, and is at the stage of developing to digital finance, from a single scene to a multi-scenario.

She said, “Huawei and the financial industry grow together to build multi-purpose and intelligent FinTech solutions. We put forward four proposals: first, fully embrace cloudification, solve the core problems of enterprise cloud access, and guide digital transformation on the right path; second, full-scenario intelligent connection, create “finance+X ” to serve all kinds of industries; third, to carry out intelligence to the end, AI will enter the finance core production system and main business processes; fourth, build a financial ecosystem around scenarios and create an ecological financial industry. ”

Realizing New Value in the Financial Industry with Global Banking Customers to Build a New Financial Future Together

Various banking executives shared their stories and achievements of digital transformation of Chinese financial enterprises at the meeting today.

Huawei has been working closely with DBS Bank to enable their digital transformation to meet their evolving needs. In 2020, Huawei was awarded by DBS the 2020 Most Valuable Technology Partner Award from a selection of 64 other global technology vendors.

Tan Choon Boon, Head of Cloud Engineering and Services at DBS Singapore, said: “DBS has developed a strategy focusing on five key elements for digital transformation: driving comprehensive organizational change, including business success-oriented organizations; moving from ‘projects to platforms; taking onboard modern system design; building excellent agile teams; and moving towards complete automation. In the future, the two sides will continue to strengthen cooperation in cloud, artificial intelligence, and IoT. We have been working closely with Huawei to meet the bank’s evolving requirements and drive digital transformation.”

The financial industry varies greatly across regions around the world, there are still many people as well as small and medium-sized enterprises that cannot access basic financial services. Financial institutions in many countries have taken rapid steps to build digital platforms such as mobile wallets and mobile payments with partners such as Huawei. These platforms are used to build a super app ecosystem, such as Kenya NCBA, to help these financial institutions achieve significant progress in enhancing their service offerings. Added keynote1 to the customer’s speech.

During the summit, Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, CEO, M-PESA Africa said, “We’ve seen the power of M-PESA and mobile money in Africa in transforming how we can make an impact in terms into society .Today we have over 350,000 businesses and over 5 million micro SMEs that use our services. On the other side, we have 58 million customers who use our various products and services. At the core of this is our technology and partners such as Huawei play a key role in ensuring that our technology architecture addresses the needs of our business and customers.”

Huawei Launches the Financial Partner Go Global Program (FPGGP)

During the summit, Huawei announced the official launch of the Financial Partner Go Global Program (FPGGP). The company will work with partners in the financial services industry to leverage Huawei’s deep experience and technological innovation capabilities in financial digital transformation.

The initial FPGGP has 25 members, including seven on the board of directors from Huawei, Sunline, Tongdun Technology, Netis, Wallyt, Sinosoft, and Chinasoft International.

Huawei Launches the Financial Partner Go Global Program (FPGGP)

Huawei’s vision is to build a multi-purpose open ecosystem and enable global financial institutions to serve users in various industries. During the summit, Huawei explores additional cooperation agreements with financial institutions such as Temenos, and plans 15 joint solutions to be released covering a diverse set of use cases.

For more information, please visit:https://e.huawei.com/topic/2021-event-fsi-summit/en/index.html

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Expert optimistic about China’s open-source capability, 28nm chip mass production

BEIJING, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A news report by China.org.cn on Expert optimistic about China’s open-source capability, 28nm chip mass production.

China should devote more efforts to strengthening its open-source capability as it continues to expand its hardware industry, a top expert in computer science said on May 27.

Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, underscored the importance of staying at the forefront of the open-source competition at a keynote speech in Shenzhen, southern China’s Guangdong province, according to a report by cs.com.cn, a website run by the China Securities Journal.

Ni Guangnan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, talks about open-source chips at a forum during the 6th World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, on Oct. 21, 2019. [Photo/VCG]

Ni said the open-source software is more widely used in artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing and other leading technologies and is gradually replacing traditional proprietary software. In recent years, the open-source designing, building, and customizing of hardware has also grown in popularity.

China is an open-source global leader in terms of the number of people working and contributing to the field, Ni noted. By 2019, there were 10.50 million open-source contributors worldwide, among which 3.8 million came from Asia, including 1.18 million Chinese contributors, accounting for 31% of Asia’s total.

Despite its large scale, China should also devote more efforts to strengthen its open-source capability, he said.

Those who stay at the forefront of open-source development are bound to become leaders in the next-generation IT development, Ni added.

In an interview earlier this month with weiot.net, a media outlet focused on the IoT industry, Ni also stressed the importance of staying at the forefront of the advanced chipmaking industry to catch up with other leading countries.

Ni said new technology breakthroughs in the 28 nanometer (nm) node and the more advanced 14nm process will raise morale in China’s semiconductor industry, and facilitate growth in cutting-edge sectors like new energy vehicles and artificial intelligence.

Considering cost and technical factors, the 28nm chip is regarded as the demarcation point between mature and advanced processes.

Ni said, once China’s 28nm chips are fully localized, many downstream application industries will be able to achieve self-sufficiency and use domestic chips. This will also meet the needs of most electronic products other than mobile phones.

He said looking at the current domestic chip industry, leading companies are devoted to research and development in each and every section, completely covering the entire industrial chain. As the technology rapidly develops, the domestic chip industry is now fully equipped to begin mass producing 28nm process chips.

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Étude de préfaisabilité visant à faire progresser le captage du CO2

REGINA, Saskatchewan, 02 juin 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amplifier l’impact des réductions d’émissions par le biais du captage et du stockage du carbone (CSC) est l’objectif d’une nouvelle étude de préfaisabilité explorant l’application potentielle du captage du dioxyde de carbone (CO2) sur les centrales au charbon de 750 mégawatts. Ce projet s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une vaste étude portant sur la viabilité d’un centre régional de stockage géologique du CO2 à l’échelle commerciale dans le Sud-Est des États-Unis. L’International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre), basé à Regina, dans la Saskatchewan, au Canada, collabore avec une équipe internationale sur le projet financé par le département de l’Énergie des États-Unis (DOE) pour développer les études de conception et les estimations des coûts en capital évaluant l’installation de captage de dioxyde de carbone (CO2) après combustion sur une centrale électrique de Southern Company.

Le projet représenterait une hausse d’échelle significative et constitue une progression naturelle dans la maturation de la technologie de captage du carbone. En apportant son leadership, sa vision et son expérience sur la base de ses enseignements substantiels tirés de l’installation de CSC entièrement intégrée Boundary Dam 3 et de son étude complète du CSC de deuxième génération (Étude de faisabilité du CSC Shand), le Knowledge Centre réalise l’étude de préfaisabilité de captage du carbone du scénario. Cette étude est menée dans le cadre d’un accord de coopération avec le gestionnaire de projet, le Southern States Energy Board, et une équipe qui comprend Southern Company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group et Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Cette étude s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet Establishing An Early Carbon Dioxide Storage: Project ECO2S, sous l’égide d’une vaste initiative du National Energy Technology Laboratory du DOE, Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE). CarbonSAFE s’adresse aux principaux fossés sur la voie critique vers le déploiement du CSUC (captage, stockage et utilisation du carbone) en réduisant le risque technique, l’incertitude et le coût d’un complexe de stockage géologique pour plus de 50 millions de tonnes métriques de CO2 provenant de sources industrielles sur une période de 30 ans.

L’étude de préfaisabilité se penchera sur la conception et le coût du captage du carbone. Elle inclura des détails tels qu’une analyse des options d’intégration de vapeur entre l’unité de production et l’usine de captage, ainsi que l’identification des impacts potentiels des nouveaux processus sur le permis environnemental de l’usine existante. L’installation théorique de systèmes de captage du carbone dans les centrales électriques ne garantirait pas seulement une électricité de base fiable, elle préserverait aussi la valeur de l’installation existante, tout en permettant de réaliser des progrès importants dans la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre d’origine anthropique.

Citations

« Avec ce potentiel de réduction du CO2 à l’échelle des mégatonnes, nous sommes ravis de travailler avec une excellente équipe sur ce projet important et ce passage à l’étape suivante pour le captage et le stockage du carbone à grande échelle. Nous saluons à la fois le département de l’Énergie des États-Unis et le Southern States Energy Board pour leur engagement à faire des progrès significatifs sur la voie de l’action climatique. »

– Conway Nelson, vice-président, développement de projets et services de conseil, International CCS Knowledge Centre

« Stantec est fière de jouer un rôle dans le premier travail de captage et de stockage de carbone de son genre en Saskatchewan en tant qu’ingénieur enregistré de ce projet. L’équipe d’experts de Stantec apportera son expertise en ingénierie aux côtés de nos partenaires afin d’exécuter la phase d’étude de préfaisabilité de ce projet. »

– Mark Griffiths, directeur principal, énergie et ressources, Stantec, Saskatchewan

RENSEIGNEMENTS COMPLÉMENTAIRES

Liens en relation avec le changement climatique

  • Le CSC est considéré comme essentiel dans trois des quatre voies pour maintenir le réchauffement de la planète dans les limites de 1,5 °C – Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat : réchauffement mondial de 1,5 °C
  • La plupart des pays du monde ne peuvent pas atteindre les objectifs d’émission sans CSC, et pour ceux qui le peuvent, l’augmentation médiane du coût d’atténuation est de 138 % – Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat : Cinquième Rapport d’évaluation du GIEC, 2014
  • Agence internationale de l’énergie (AIE) : captage et stockage du carbone et perspectives pour les technologies énergétiques de l’AIE : rapport spécial 2020 sur le CCUS

À propos de CarbonSAFE et Project ECO2S

  • CarbonSAFE – Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise Initiative – est un programme dirigé par le DOE conçu pour accélérer l’utilisation à l’échelle commerciale de la technologie de CSC visant à réduire les émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans l’atmosphère provenant de sources industrielles et de production d’énergie en se concentrant sur le développement de sites de stockage géologique du CO2 permanents et sûrs  pouvant être utilisés pendant plusieurs décennies.
  • Project ECO2S – Establishing an Early CO2 Storage Complex – est l’un des cinq projets sélectionnés pour la phase 3 de CarbonSAFE.
    • Project ECO2S, mené par le Southern States Energy Board, travaille avec des collaborateurs pour explorer la création d’une zone géologique régionale, sécurisée et à l’échelle commerciale capable de stocker en toute sécurité plus de 900 millions de tonnes métriques de CO2.
    • L’étude de préfaisabilité actuelle visant l’installation d’un système de captage du CO2 après combustion sur une unité de production de Southern Company fait partie de l’évaluation requise pour confirmer l’un des émetteurs à sources ponctuelles de CO2 pour le site de stockage.

CONTACTS POUR LES MÉDIAS

International CCS Knowledge Centre
Jodi Woollam
Responsable de la communication et des relations auprès des médias
jwoollam@ccsknowledge.com
T : +1-306-565-5956 / M : +1-306-520-3710
ccsknowledge.com
@CCSKnowledge

À propos de l’International CCS Knowledge Centre (Knowledge Centre) : ayant pour mission de favoriser la compréhension et le déploiement mondiaux du CSC à grande échelle pour réduire les émissions mondiales de GES, le Knowledge Centre fournit le savoir-faire pour mettre en œuvre des projets de CSC à grande échelle ainsi que l’optimisation du CSC à travers les apprentissages de base à la fois de l’unité de captage et stockage du carbone Boundary Dam 3 entièrement intégrée et de l’étude complète du CSC de deuxième génération, connue sous le nom d’étude de faisabilité du CSC Shand. Opérant depuis 2016 sous la direction d’un comité indépendant, le Knowledge Centre a été créé par BHP et SaskPower. Pour de plus amples informations : https://ccsknowledge.com/

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As Algeria Prepares for Legislative Elections, Authorities Crack Down on Dissent

Protests banned and political activists and journalists detained. Lawyers and judges reprimanded or otherwise targeted, ostensibly for their ties to a grassroots protest movement demanding profound political change.

As Algeria readies for legislative elections this month, the government is tightening its grip, rights groups and others say, with a raft of detentions and even prison sentences against its rainbow of critics. In the capital, Algiers, and other cities, authorities have effectively banned weekly demonstrations organized by the two-year-old Hirak protest movement, largely by placing administrative hurdles.

If today the government crackdown gives its leaders a tenuous upper hand, it risks backfiring in the longer term, experts warn, further dampening an anticipated low voter turnout in the June 12 parliamentary vote, deepening the country’s social and economic crisis and fueling new support for the Hirak movement.

“There’s a fundamental contradiction,” said Brahim Oumansour, North Africa specialist at the Paris-based French Institute of International Relations think tank. “Authorities are searching for political legitimacy through the elections, but paradoxically this repressive policy contributes to perpetuating the crisis.”

Rights concerns

Rights groups say Algerian authorities have arrested thousands of peaceful demonstrators since February, when members of the Hirak movement returned to the streets after months of coronavirus-imposed restrictions. Reports say many protesters were released, but others were held for questioning or faced legal action.

Ahead of the legislative polls, “the efforts have intensified, including against peaceful protests and protesters,” according to a joint press statement Tuesday by several prominent rights groups, including the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights and the World Organization Against Torture, in Geneva.

The United Nations’ human rights office has also raised concerns, saying reported attacks on peaceful assembly and free expression were reminiscent of the state’s previous heavy-handed responses.

Algiers is pushing back. In an interview published Wednesday by France’s Le Point magazine, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune suggested the Hirak movement had lost its legitimacy, and that voters were keenly interested in the upcoming vote — despite a chunk of the opposition boycotting it — “especially the young.”

“There’s a minority who refuse the election,” he told Le Point, adding, “I think all Algerians should express themselves, but I refuse the diktat of a minority.”

An old story

In many ways, it seems Algeria is reliving an old narrative, analysts say, despite hopes for change in 2019. As ailing longtime leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika sought a fifth term in office, millions took to the street in protest, giving birth to the Hirak movement. Bouteflika was ousted, as the street movement profoundly unsettled but did not destroy a power system in place since Algeria’s 1962 independence.

The country’s powerful military subsequently jailed and sidelined many in Bouteflika’s government, including his brother. Tebboune, 75, was elected to office in December 2019, but with official voter turnout at just 40%. He promised change, despite being a fixture of the regime, serving as minister of housing and prime minister under Bouteflika.

Eighteen months later, some analysts say there has been little beyond rhetoric and cosmetic tinkering. Ordinary Algerians are underwhelmed and disenfranchised. A referendum on the country’s new constitution last November drew another record low turnout.

For Algeria’s opposition, “the main problem is that the system is the same,” said analyst Michael Ayari at the International Crisis Group. “It’s not because there has been a constitutional change, or reassuring declarations, or democratic language in the Constitution promising more liberties, at least on paper, that the system has changed.”

Adding to the government’s worries are a deepening economic crisis, aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic and shrinking oil revenues. Also, there are broader regional instabilities, with massive Algeria bordering the restive Sahel, Western Sahara and Libya.

“After more than 18 months of Tebboune’s presidency, the results are very mediocre in terms of political, social and economic reforms,” said analyst Oumansour.

Now, he added, “the government faces pressures from the army to organize elections, regardless of the price, to give the appearance of relative stability, to put an end to Hirak and the demonstrations.”

A second wind?

For its part, the Hirak has seen its numbers dwindle from the millions of 2019 to tens of thousands today, with street protests vanishing completely last year, once the coronavirus pandemic struck. Many supporters have taken to the internet instead. But the movement remains unstructured and leaderless.

In recent weeks, they have been increasingly targeted in police crackdowns. Journalists, opposition leaders and civil society members have also been detained and sometimes imprisoned, rights groups say. Among them, journalist Kenza Khatto of Radio M, a media outlet considered close to the Hirak movement, who was given a suspended sentence after covering the protests.

On Sunday, a prominent judge, Saadedine Merzoug, was ousted from the country’s magistrate’s body, Agence France-Presse reported, ostensibly for his pro-Hirak rulings.

Meanwhile, Algeria’s military released a documentary last month suggesting a mix of interests — from independence fighters from its northeastern Kabylia region, to French public television and Morocco — were plotting against the state.

“It’s always the same discourse,” said analyst Ayari, summing up the government’s reaction. “That they’re a power surrounded by agents hostile to the revolution, and foreign agents who want to destroy Algeria.”

Meanwhile, Hirak leaders are calling on voters to boycott the legislative vote, in their demand for a broad political overhaul. Some expect a record number of independent candidates to run, although it’s unclear how independent they will be. A number of leftist opposition parties say they will boycott the vote.

“The specter of abstention really worries the political leaders,” said expert Oumansour. “It helps explain the crackdown. Another major abstention vote in these legislatives will be seen as a failure of the regime’s road map — and it risks breathing new life into the protest movement.”

Source: Voice of America