World Energy Storage Conference Convenes in Ningde on Industry Frontiers

People's Daily reported that the 2026 World Energy Storage Conference opened on the 15th in Ningde, Fujian, gathering sector specialists, scholars, industry associations, and enterprise delegates from the energy storage supply chain and application sectors to discuss cutting-edge technologies and high-quality industry development. Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology Xiong Jijun stated at the opening ceremony that China's new energy storage sector has achieved notable results, noting plans to coordinate development with safety, strengthen technical innovation, prevent cutthroat competition, and guide the industry from scale expansion toward innovation-led development. CATL chairman Zeng Yuqun noted that energy storage is evolving from supporting facilities for new energy into indispensable infrastructure for the power system, arguing that the industry must build system capabilities and long-term reliability tailored to power grid needs rather than solely pursuing improved equipment metrics. Figures showed that China's energy storage battery output exceeded 420GWh in the first half of 2026, rising by about 110% compared to the prior-year period, with lithium batteries leading the market alongside technologies such as sodium batteries and flow batteries.

Developing new energy storage plays a crucial role in absorbing new energy, shaving peak loads, bolstering power grid stability, and raising regulatory capacity, overall efficiency, and safety guarantees across energy and electrical power systems.