April 1-3, Beijing. On the scene of the 14th Energy Storage International Summit and Exhibition, IP “PhD Talk”, a technical leadership dialogue column created by Sungrow, became the focus. Focusing on the industry’s hotly debated theme of “Reconstruction of Scene Innovation Value”, Liu Wei, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Zhongguancun Energy Storage Industry Technology Alliance, was invited to serve as the host and had an in-depth dialogue with Dr. Wei Qiuli, Executive Vice President of China Energy Economic Research Institute, and Dr. Cai Zhuang, General Manager of Product Management Center of Sunshine Power Energy Storage Division.
Liu Wei said that the energy storage industry is moving from a competition of installed capacity to a high-quality development deep-water area with actual application results. by the end of 2025, China’s cumulative installed capacity of new energy storage will reach 144 GW, 45 times that of the end of the 13th five-year plan. the explosion of AI computing power has given rise to diversified new scenarios such as computing-electricity collaboration and zero-carbon parks. At the same time, the market mechanism ushered in profound changes-the grid-side independent energy storage for the first time into the capacity electricity price mechanism, for the project to provide bottom-line income, by the government-led time-sharing electricity price gradually transition to market-oriented electricity prices, the user-side energy storage revenue model is being reconstructed.
Sungrow Power recently proposed the “S + Energy Storage” multi-scenario strategy, which has attracted industry attention. In this PhD Talk program, Dr. Cai Zhuang stressed that the current energy storage has changed from “single function” to “multiple compound”; From “passive storage” to “active value creation”, “product model” is being replaced by “scenario solution package”. Enterprises must change from equipment suppliers to “scenario value designers” who understand power market, load fluctuation and system integration “. And the premise of the scene deep plowing, must really understand the power grid and load. As a stabilizer and coordinator between the grid and the load, the value of energy storage must be maximized in coordination with wind, light, hydrogen and other energy sources, as well as with complex loads.
Sunlight Power uses the integrated research and development process of “market insight-scenario modeling-technology pre-research-product development-engineering iteration”, and through the establishment of a “scenario laboratory” to simulate real power grid disturbances, load characteristics and market rules, so that the technical solution can be verified in the “digital twin” environment. Full-scene networking technology is the concentrated embodiment of this concept, solar power more than a decade ago began to layout networking technology, now has expanded from a single PCS function to wind power, photovoltaic and other multi-power electronic equipment co-coupled system capabilities. Sunshine power supply’s perception of the industry scene, from nearly 30 years of power electronics technology accumulation, the company has a strong global power grid simulation team, has the most national power grid access certification, more than 1000GW, all over the world 100 plus countries and regions of the project grid practical experience.
How to lead the industry? The confidence behind it is that the company attaches great importance to innovation and continues to invest in research and development. Sunshine Power’s R & D investment in 2025 exceeded 4 billion yuan, an increase of 31.97 year-on-year. At present, the company’s R & D system has more than 180 doctoral talents. Through the cooperation of Academia Sinica and scientific research institutes and universities from all walks of life, it provides strong cutting-edge technology research and development support for various business units and product lines, and continuously improves product performance.
In the face of favorable policies such as the inclusion of independent energy storage in the capacity electricity price mechanism, Dr. Wei Qiuli pointed out that this marks a deeper stage of power market reform, and called for the establishment of a full life cycle evaluation system, through the establishment of technology access standards and “leader” and other ways to promote healthy competition and sustainable development of the industry. In recent years, in response to the “profit anxiety” problem of energy storage, Sungrow Power has rapidly launched a series of new PowerStack products, as well as a PowerBidder power trading auxiliary decision-making system based on a large AI model and a PowerDoctor intelligent operation and maintenance platform to ensure the full-dimensional security of energy storage and maximize customer benefits in different scenarios from both the operation and operation and maintenance sides. In this energy storage demonstration field, sunshine power also released the “white paper on full-dimensional safety of energy storage”, proposing that the safety of the energy storage industry is not only a problem of batteries, parts and even the whole battery cabinet, but also a safety and stability at all levels from the battery cell station to the power grid. It is not only the safety at the initial stage of construction, but also the safety and reliability of the whole life cycle.
the PhD Talk sharing meeting of sunshine power supply has been focusing on the forefront of technology and decoding innovative stories since its inception, and depositing industry consensus in the form of “doctor dialogue experts” in the collision of opinions. Each issue focuses on specific themes, such as “value evolution”, “scene innovation” and “through cycle”. It discusses the core issues such as system value reconstruction, platform strategy and AI empowerment of photovoltaic, energy storage, hydrogen energy and other industries. It has been successfully held at SNEC, ESIE and other industry grand conferences and has become an important position for Sunlight Power to transmit technological innovation ideas and shape brand mind. At this ESIE site, PhD Talk successfully realized the circle-breaking spread from the core circle to the public view through the multi-channel linkage of the huge large screen in the core area of the exhibition east login hall and B2 hall, effectively reaching about 200000 people in the energy storage industry. The future core competitiveness of enterprises in the energy storage industry may no longer be volume price and volume capacity, but volume scene adaptation capability, volume technology value and volume system capability. With the help of ESIE 2026, a global energy storage event, this issue of Solar Power PhD Talk has continuously consolidated the brand recognition of “smart and innovative clean energy experts” with clear column positioning, hard core technology concept and network-wide communication strategy, and injected strong ideological momentum into the high-quality development of the energy storage industry.
