Huawei Digital Power, a subsidiary of Chinese multinational Huawei, announced a partnership with Rio Alto Renewable Energy Group for the joint development of artificial intelligence solutions in photovoltaic plants. The expectation is that Rio Alto’s Coremas (365 MWp) and Santa Luzia (550 MWp) solar power complexes will be fully automated with artificial intelligence technology provided by Huawei within two years.

CGN Brasil formalized its interest in investing resources in the construction of a green hydrogen plant in Bahia, as part of its strategy to continue increasing its renewable energy production in the region.

Brazil’s Ministry of Communications (MCom) is working on new strategies to accelerate digital inclusion in public sector schools in Brazil. Last week, Minister Juscelino Filho met with representatives of Huawei to discuss actions that should accelerate the expansion of new internet technologies in the country.

The concessionaire Aena informs that the international airports of João Pessoa – Presidente Castro Pinto and Aracaju – Santa Maria now offer passenger boarding and disembarking through mobile bridges.

The 2023 BEYOND International Technology and Innovation Expo roadshow for 10 technology companies from Brazil and Portugal was held in Macao on the 11th of May, fulfilling its role as a platform to connect these companies with Chinese and international investors and accelerate their growth potential in China’s main market.

Suzano, the largest hardwood pulp producer in the world, is considering deals with China priced in the yuan, signaling that some commodity markets may be joining the shift away from the dollar.

In an interview with Lusa, Choi Man Hin, president of the Association of Luso-Chinese Merchants and Industrialists (ACILC) said that the assisted housing sector for the elderly should be one of the new bets for Chinese investment in Portugal.

Fortaleza (Brazil) and Xiamen (China) signed a sister-city agreement on the 12th of May at the Paço Municipal. This means that the cities will create mechanisms for cultural, social and economic exchange and cooperation, focusing on social equality.

EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has completed the construction of a 19 Megawatt-peak (MWp) distributed generation solar power project for self-consumption on the roof of a factory in China’s Anhui province, the company said in a statement on the 8th of May.

The opening of new markets and the expansion of trade relations between Rio Grande do Sul and China was the subject of the meeting between the acting governor, Gabriel Souza, and the Chinese ambassador to Brazil, Zhu Qingqiao, on the 9th of May in Brasilia.

Mozambique will be one of the eight countries featured as guests of honor at the third edition of the China-Africa Economic and Trade Exhibition, to be held in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, at the end of June, the organization announced.

Petrobras, together with Equinor and Repsol Sinopec Brasil, announced the final investment decision in block BM-C-33, located in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin, in Rio de Janeiro. With an investment of US$9 billion, the block promises to boost oil and gas production in the region.