2025 International Digital Energy Expo Successfully Held in Shenzhen Showcasing Innovations for Global Energy Transformation

Shenzhen AI Energy: Creating the Future with Digital Innovation

Successful Hosting of the 2025 International Digital Energy Exhibition in Shenzhen

Date: September 21, 2025

The 2025 International Digital Energy Exhibition took place successfully from September 18 to 21 at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, themed “Shenzhen AI Energy: Creating the Future.” This international event focused on the digital transformation of the global energy sector, creating an innovative ecological platform spanning 50,000 square meters, providing a “Chinese solution” and a “Shenzhen model” for the global energy revolution.

Yang Kun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive Vice Chairman of the China Electricity Council, stated in his speech that the deep integration of digital technology and energy revolution is becoming a new engine for global economic growth. He emphasized that China’s investment in digital technology within the electricity sector is leading the nation, actively supporting the construction of a new power system and energy security strategy through the establishment of standard systems and think tank platforms.

1. Cutting-Edge Technology Showcase: Industry Leaders Define the Future

The exhibition’s opening ceremony featured a showcase of super products and technologies in digital energy, serving as a high-profile stage for global energy enterprises to display their innovative capabilities. Leading companies revealed their latest technological achievements and solutions across critical fields, including intelligent networking, new energy storage, solar thermal innovations, and ultra-fast charging networks.

Zhōu Jiànjūn, Vice President of Huawei and President of Huawei’s Global Marketing Service System for Digital Energy, shared insights on all-scenario networking technology and global practices. By developing two types of basic hardware, dual architectures, and intelligent algorithms, they have addressed the stability challenges of integrating high proportions of renewable energy into the grid. This technology has been successfully validated in global projects, such as the world’s largest 100% renewable microgrid in Saudi Arabia and the Yalong River water-solar complementary power station in Sichuan, China, ensuring the safe and stable operation of the grid.

The Director of the Power Science Research Institute at BYD’s Energy Storage and New Battery Division, Cao Hu, launched the next generation of energy storage products named “Hao Han,” which boasts a unit capacity of 14.5 MWh. This product achieves a volume capacity density increase of 51.4%, with a system volume utilization rate reaching 52.1%, the highest in the industry. BYD promotes the philosophy of “Simplicity in Greatness,” aiming to simplify energy storage systems to provide more efficient, economical, and user-friendly solutions for energy storage station construction.

Experts from Shenzhen Nuclear Power Engineering Design Co., Ltd. and ZheJiang Kesheng Technology Co., Ltd. jointly presented innovations from the world’s largest single-tower 350 MW solar thermal project. The project utilizes a distributed thermal storage solution with three towers and one machine, successfully breaking through the challenges of controlling ultra-large mirror fields and molten salt storage technology, thus reducing the cost of electricity to 0.55 RMB per kWh. Through collaborative innovation along the industrial chain, they anticipate further reductions in electricity costs by 2035, accelerating solar thermal energy’s transition to a cost-competitive and stable green baseload power source.

Xu Yunfei, a member of the Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission and Deputy Director of the Greater Bay Area Office, introduced the 2025 Shenzhen Digital Energy White Paper, which outlines the implementation path for building a global pioneer city in digital energy. The white paper focuses on six major areas: source, network, load, storage, digital, and carbon, aiming to establish the world’s first Super Charging City 2.0, a unified power charging and storage network, and a virtual power plant management cloud platform as three key city initiatives. By creating four major centers, nurturing top 100 leading enterprises, and providing ten solutions, this initiative aims to propel Shenzhen’s digital energy technologies, products, and models to a three-tiered leap from demonstration to national and global prominence, contributing Shenzhen’s wisdom to the global energy transition.

2. Seven Thematic Exhibition Areas: Constructing a Matrix for Digital Energy Innovation

This year’s exhibition covered an area of 50,000 square meters, closely adhering to the upgrade logic of the entire chain of “source-network-load-storage,” establishing seven thematic exhibition areas to comprehensively showcase the deep integration of the digital energy industry chain, technology chain, and service chain.

An electric heavy truck section was set up, featuring nearly 10 electric heavy trucks from seven key enterprises, including BYD, Kaiwo, Dongfeng, GAC, Xugong, Deepway, and Daiweihongde, showcasing the “Super Charging City” 2.0 speed of Shenzhen. The global debut of BYD’s energy storage solution “Hao Han” was a highlight, while Huawei showcased intelligent photovoltaic systems, smart charging networks, and digital center energy solutions. CGN displayed its third-generation million-kilowatt pressurized water reactor technology, “Hualong One,” and Xinwangda highlighted the industry’s first dedicated large-capacity ultra-fast charging cell for heavy trucks.

The AI Empowerment Pavilion became the focal point of the exhibition. Companies like Huawei and Xinwangda demonstrated the deep application of AI algorithms in energy forecasting and operation optimization. The Clean and Low-Carbon Exhibition area presented innovations in carbon neutrality pathways, including CCUS technology and carbon asset management tools. The International Enterprise Zone brought together global energy technology giants, creating a window for direct engagement with cutting-edge global technologies.

The main forum, titled “Digital Transformation Driving High-Quality Energy Development,” gathered authoritative experts and industry leaders from around the world to discuss the integration of artificial intelligence, big data, and the energy sector, addressing the pathways and challenges of deep integration. Alongside the main forum, seven parallel forums were held, including the Digital Energy Industry Ecosystem Development Conference, Energy Internet Innovation Development Forum, Digital Energy Industry Core Component Forum, New Energy Storage Technology Development Forum, AI Wave Management—Leading Zero-Carbon Smart Energy Transformation Forum, Urban Electric Vehicle and Grid Integration Development Forum, and AI Empowerment for New Power Systems and Urban Resilience Forum, each focusing on development bottlenecks, pain points, and opportunities in the digital energy sector, facilitating a collaborative platform for industry experts, enterprises, and scholars to drive high-quality growth in the digital energy industry.

3. International Platform Highlighted: Connecting Global Energy Cooperation Networks

This exhibition placed significant emphasis on international communication and ecological co-construction, attracting numerous foreign enterprises to participate. An international enterprise exhibition area and an international trade connection zone were established, hosting multiple international thematic forums and connection activities to provide an efficient platform for global energy companies to expand markets, connect resources, and foster collaborations.

The international trade connection zone facilitated technology introduction, product exports, project cooperation, and talent exchange through precise matching and face-to-face negotiations, achieving practical results in transforming exhibitors into partners and products into commodities. Delegations from countries such as the Arab region, Hungary, Italy, and Portugal attended to share their respective experiences and investment opportunities in energy transition.

Partnerships with organizations such as the International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency were formed to release global industry reports, further enhancing international influence and discourse power. Chinese digital energy companies leveraged this opportunity to showcase their transformation from “technology followers” to “rule makers,” playing a deep role in the restructuring of the global energy governance system.

The exhibition also launched thematic activities including a digital energy achievement release event and a project connection meeting. The achievement release event showcased the latest technologies, products, and solutions in the digital energy field, with companies like Huawei, BYD, Xinwangda, and Kesheng Technology presenting their innovative outcomes, highlighting the vitality and depth of application within China’s digital energy industry. The project connection meeting focused on industry-academic-research collaborations and commercial implementation, inviting exhibitors, investment institutions, experts, scholars, and corporate users for precise matches to facilitate the cross-border and cross-domain flow of talent, capital, and projects.

The 2025 International Digital Energy Exhibition was not just a technological feast but also a summit of ideas, a platform for cooperation, and a window to the future, fully showcasing Shenzhen’s innovative vitality and practical commitment as a global pioneer city in digital energy. Shenzhen looks forward to collaborating with global stakeholders to empower the green and low-carbon transformation of global energy, helping to create a modern energy system that is affordable, reliable, and sustainable.