Huawei Unveils Ten Key Trends for Smart Photovoltaics by 2026 to Propel Renewable Energy as Primary Power Source

Huawei Unveils Top Ten Trends in Smart Photovoltaics for 2026, Supporting the Transition to Solar, Wind, and Storage as Primary Power Sources

On January 12, 2026, Huawei Digital Energy held a conference themed “Building Networks in All Scenarios, Unleashing AI Potential, and Creating High Quality to Accelerate Solar, Wind, and Storage as Main Power Sources.” During the event, Zhong Mingming, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Huawei’s smart photovoltaic business, presented the top ten trends in smart photovoltaics along with a white paper. These insights aim to facilitate the rapid integration of solar, wind, and storage into new power systems, contributing to high-quality industry development.

Zhong emphasized that in the past decade, we have witnessed significant advancements in the solar and wind storage industry. However, with the increasing penetration of new energy sources, challenges related to balance and stability have emerged on the generation, grid, and consumption sides of the power system. The new energy sector has reached a pivotal moment, entering a “value cultivation period,” transitioning from point innovations to integrated innovations. Based on insights into the future of the solar and storage industry, Huawei has outlined the top ten trends for 2026, which include four application trends and six technological application trends.

• Trend One: Collaboration of Solar, Wind, and Storage—New Energy Becomes Predictable and Controllable Stable Power Source. The future large-scale solar and wind storage base must feature five core characteristics: two pillars of stability and cost control, and three elements of 100% renewable independent operation, full-link intelligent collaboration, and high-quality safety throughout the lifecycle, ultimately achieving predictable and controllable stable power supply.
• Trend Two: Networked Storage Becomes Key Support for Grid Stability and Balance. Ubiquitous networked storage not only smooths out fluctuations in renewable energy generation but also actively participates in energy market transactions and provides auxiliary services such as frequency modulation and peak shaving. This creates sustained economic value for users and helps build a safer, more flexible, and efficient new power system.
• Trend Three: Collaborative Supply Models Progress Towards “Regional Autonomy + Global Coordination.” Leveraging AI intelligent scheduling technology, deep interconnections and efficient collaboration among power sources, grids, loads, and storage can be achieved.
• Trend Four: Household Solar Storage Scenarios Transition from AI Empowerment to AI Native, Achieving Optimal Power Usage Experience. Household solar storage scenarios will lead the way by fully embedding AI in design, experience, and operation across all stages, upgrading basic needs for “maximum self-consumption” into proactive strategies for “optimal power usage experience.”
• Trend Five: High Frequency and High Density Drive Continuous Improvement in Power Density of Solar Storage Equipment. Through technological innovations from components to systems, alongside efficient cooling and high-frequency material technologies, it is expected that the power density of photovoltaic inverters and storage PCS will increase by over 40% in the coming years, further enhancing the quality and efficiency of solar storage systems.
• Trend Six: High Voltage and High Reliability Reduce Levelized Cost of Electricity. Upgrades in key component voltage resistance and insulation materials promote a trend towards higher voltages. The safety measures for equipment and systems are shifting from passive responses to active prevention, ensuring safety and reliability at high voltages and significantly lowering the levelized cost of electricity for photovoltaic systems.
• Trend Seven: Batteries Are Not the Same as Storage Systems—System-Level Battery Management is Essential for Safe and Stable Operation. Utilizing power electronics, cloud, and AI technologies for precise and reliable monitoring and management of storage from battery cells to systems is crucial. This ensures higher discharge rates, enhanced safety, longer lifespan, and simplified operations, forming the foundation for high-quality storage.
• Trend Eight: The New Energy Network Technology System Matures, Accelerating the Construction of New Power Systems. Networked storage is transitioning from a “passive follower” for grid stability to an “active builder.” The technology is evolving from single-function applications to a new phase of systematic integration, focusing on high-performance hardware, networked algorithms, and intelligence to build support capabilities that meet stable demands across all scenarios, conditions, and time domains.
• Trend Nine: Intelligent Agents Deeply Empower New Energy Stations, Moving Towards “Autonomous Operation.” Intelligent agents will increasingly integrate into new energy stations, assisting them in achieving “autonomous operation” through cloud-edge-end intelligent collaboration.
• Trend Ten: The Storage Industry Advances Towards a Safe and Quantifiable New Stage, Enhancing Safety Capabilities. Storage safety is evolving from individual product assessments to systematic evaluations covering the entire lifecycle of the system. By establishing quantifiable safety standards and tiered requirements, the industry can address issues of unclear safety boundaries and insufficient prevention measures, thus strengthening the safety framework for the healthy development of the storage industry.

Building networks in all scenarios, unleashing AI potential, and creating high quality—this represents not only a technological leap but also a profound pursuit and steadfast practice towards a sustainable future. Huawei Digital Energy expresses its commitment to collaborate with industry partners and all stakeholders to lead the development of solar and storage industries with insights and innovations. This will accelerate the transition of solar, wind, and storage into primary power sources, benefiting various sectors and households while jointly building a greener and better future.