Huawei Digital Power held the Top 10 Trends of Smart PV & ESS Launch 2026, themed “All-Scenario Grid-Forming, Unleashing AI, and Forging Excellence: Advance Renewables as Main Energy Sources.” Eric Zhong, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Smart PV & ESS Product Line, Huawei Digital Power, unveiled the trends along with the accompanying white paper, providing insights and practical paths for accelerating PV (Photovoltaic), wind, and energy storage systems (ESS) as main energy sources of renewable power systems while promoting high-quality industry development.
Zhong noted that over the past decade, PV, wind, and ESS have achieved remarkable growth. Yet as renewable penetration rises, challenges around system balance and stability are emerging across generation, grid, and consumption.
The industry is now entering a phase of deeper value creation, shifting from single-point innovations to integrated advances. Drawing on its expertise in PV and energy storage, Huawei released the top 10 trends, outlining four scenario-driven application trends and six technology-focused innovation trends.
Trend 1: PV+wind+ESS Synergy Will Enable Renewables to Become Predictable, Controllable, Stable Power Sources
Trend 2: Grid-forming ESS Will Become a Key Support for Ensuring Power Grid Stability and Balance
Trend 3: Generation-grid-load-storage Synergy Will Drive Regional Autonomy and Global Coordination of Power Supply
Trend 4: In the Residential PV+ESS Scenario, Transition AI-enabled to AI-native, Delivering the Optimal Energy Experience
Trend 5: High Frequency and Density Will Drive an Increase in PV+ESS Device Power Density
Trend 6: High Voltage and Reliability Will Drive LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy) Reduction
Trend 7: Battery ≠ ESS, System-level Battery Management Is Essential to Safe and Stable Operation
Trend 8: A Mature Grid-forming Technology System Will Accelerate the Construction of a Renewable Energy System
Trend 9: AI Agents Will Enable Renewable Power Plant Automation
Trend 10: Safety Quantification Will Drive Safety Capability Improvement Across the Energy Storage Industry
All-scenario grid-forming, unleashing AI, and forging excellence are not only guiding principles for technological progress, but also for sustainable development. Huawei Digital Power hopes to work with industry partners and practitioners from all walks of life to jointly explore the future of the PV+ESS industry. Together, we will drive industry progress through insight and innovation, accelerate the adoption of PV+wind+ESS as main energy sources, make green electricity available to every home and business, and build a better, greener future.
