2026 China Energy Storage CEO Summit
Time: Late November (to be updated shortly)
Venue: Shenzhen·Guangdong province
1. Background
As the global energy transition continues to accelerate, energy storage has been increasingly recognized as a critical enabler of grid stability, renewable energy integration, system flexibility and new energy business models. In 2026, frontier technologies and applications such as AI-enabled energy storage, long-duration energy storage, sodium-ion batteries, grid-forming storage, storage for computing infrastructure, virtual power plants and residential storage are moving to large-scale deployment.
Shenzhen and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area provide a strong industrial and innovation base for this discussion. The region brings together battery materials, cell manufacturing, system integration, digital energy, smart operation and maintenance, financing resources, technology companies and cross-border connectivity.
Against this backdrop, CNESA, together with local industry partners in Shenzhen, proposes to convene the 2026 China Energy Storage CEO Summit, bringing together senior industry leaders, international participants, market experts, investors, project developers and research organizations to discuss advanced technologies, overseas market development, energy storage for computing and power coordination, investment and financing, and the next stage of global collaboration.
2. Objectives
· Provide a high-level dialogue platform for senior executives across the energy storage value chain.
· Identify new technology, application and business-model trends shaping the global energy storage market in 2027.
· Facilitate practical engagement between Chinese companies and overseas project owners, developers, market institutions and partners.
3. When and where.
Proposed Date: Late November 2026 (Specific date to be confirmed later)
Venue: Shenzhen, China
Proposed Theme: Navigating Change, Building Together: Shaping a Global Energy Storage Ecosystem for 2027
Estimated Scale: Around 500 participants
Host: China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA)
Co-host: Shenzhen Battery Industry Association
5. Draft Program
The summit is proposed as a three-day program combining high-level dialogue, thematic sessions, innovation competition activities, business networking and field visits.
Time
Proposed Program
Day 1
All day
Sector pre-selection round of the 11th International Energy Storage Innovation Competition.
Afternoon
CNESA council meeting, by invitation only; ESIE 2027 press briefing.
Day 2
Morning
Opening ceremony, keynote speeches, CEO roundtable and innovation competition award presentation.
Afternoon
Forum 1: Advanced storage technologies and applications. Roundtable 1: Greater Bay Area supply-chain collaboration.
Afternoon
Forum 2: International market opportunities. Roundtable 2: Demand and cross-border supply-chain collaboration.
Evening
Business reception, by invitation only.
Day 3
Morning
Forum 3: Energy storage investment and project financing.
Morning
Forum 4: Energy storage for computing and power coordination (AIDC).
Afternoon
Field visits to leading companies and benchmark projects in Shenzhen and nearby areas, by invitation only.
Concurrent
Boutique exhibition on advanced storage, utility-scale storage, distributed storage, data centers and other applications.
6. Target Participants
· CEOs, chairpersons and senior executives of leading energy storage companies and industrial groups.
· Executives responsible for overseas business, strategy, project development, investment and international cooperation.
· Power utilities, renewable energy developers, EPC companies, project owners and system integrators.
· International market institutions, embassies and trade promotion organizations, industry associations and regulatory, standard-related organizations.
· Investment institutions, financial service providers, development finance institutions and infrastructure-related investors.
· Research institutions, universities, laboratories and experts in advanced energy storage technologies and application scenarios.
6. Who were with us in the 2025 edition? Check out below.
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The 6th International Energy Storage Safety Technology Seminar
Time: July 17th
Place: Hefei - Anhui Province
The 6th International Energy Storage Safety Technology Seminar
According to CNESA DataLink, by the end of 2025, China's cumulative installed capacity of new energy storage projects in operation reached 144.7 GW / 373.7 GWh, a 45-fold increase compared with the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period. China accounted for 51.9% of the global new energy storage market.
The rapid growth of the energy storage industry has created higher requirements for safety management and risk control. To further build industry consensus and address key technical challenges in energy storage safety, the 6th Energy Storage Safety Seminar, hosted by the China Energy Storage Alliance and the National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform of Tianjin University, will be held in Hefei on July 17, 2026.
Event Information
Date: July 17, 2026
Location: Hefei, Anhui, China
Organizers
Host: China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA)
Co-hosts: National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform, Tianjin University; CNESA Energy Storage Safety Committee
Supporting Organization: School of Energy, Tianjin University
Event Format
Morning, July 17: Opening ceremony of the forum
Afternoon, July 17: Sub-forums covering energy storage station construction standards, safe operation and maintenance of energy storage projects, emergency response for energy storage incidents, AI, sensors, smart fire protection and other technologies empowering energy storage safety, and new battery technologies.
Morning, July 18: Site visits and exchange, including visits to energy storage enterprises, energy storage projects and fire testing laboratories in Hefei.
Invited Guests
Department of Safety, National Energy Administration
Department of Electronic Information, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Wang Chengshan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Director, National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform, Tianjin University
Sun Jinhua, Academician of the European Academy of Sciences; University of Science and Technology of China
Yu Zhenhua, Executive Vice Chairman, China Energy Storage Alliance
Lu Zhibao, Director, Tianjin Fire Research Institute, Ministry of Emergency Management
Li Jin, Deputy Director and Researcher, Tianjin Fire Research Institute, Ministry of Emergency Management
Zhuo Ping, Director of the Fourth Research Office, Tianjin Fire Research Institute, Ministry of Emergency Management
Li Bin, Vice President and Professor, Tianjin University
Zhu Li, Deputy Director and Professor, National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform, Tianjin University
Leading experts and scholars from Nanjing University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University, China University of Petroleum (East China), Jinan University, Zhengzhou University, CATARC, and fire research institutes under the Ministry of Emergency Management
Registration
Advance registration is required. After successful registration, participants should pay the registration fee according to the official notice.
Standard registration fee: RMB 1,200 per person per day. Includes conference participation, conference materials and lunch on the day of attendance.
Discounted registration fee: RMB 1,000 per person per day. Applicable to CNESA member companies, ESIE exhibitors and current students with valid student ID.
The above fees only include the listed items. Travel and accommodation expenses are not included.
Register link: https://f.wps.cn/g/hSju5MHs/
Concurrent Event
The 2nd International Conference on New Energy Safety Science and Technology will be held in Hefei from July 18 to 19, 2026. The conference will focus on battery safety, hydrogen safety, photovoltaic safety, safety of new power systems, safety in the low-carbon transition of traditional energy, the application of artificial intelligence in new energy safety, safety in the recycling process of new energy devices, and frontier developments in integrated new energy safety science and technology.
About Tianjin University
Tianjin University, formerly Peiyang University, was founded on October 2, 1895. It is China's first modern university and pioneered modern higher education in China. Since its founding, the university has made outstanding contributions to China's economic and social development and has trained more than 300,000 high-level talents.
About the School of Energy, Tianjin University
The School of Energy at Tianjin University was established in December 2025. Building on the National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform, the Energy Storage Science and Engineering program and the APEC Sustainable Energy Center, the school has experimental facilities, research capabilities and talent cultivation capacity covering the full chain of new energy storage technologies.
About the National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform
The National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform at Tianjin University was approved in December 2021 as one of China's first three national energy storage technology industry-education integration innovation platforms. The platform includes five centers covering electrochemical energy storage, fuel energy storage, energy storage equipment and systems, safety and operation and maintenance, and energy storage economics and policy research.
About China Energy Storage Alliance
Founded in March 2010, the China Energy Storage Alliance is China's first nonprofit industry association dedicated to the energy storage sector. CNESA promotes the healthy, orderly and sustainable development of the industry by supporting government policy development and advancing the application of energy storage technologies.
CNESA brings together leading energy storage technology companies, new energy companies, power system stakeholders, research institutes and universities, covering the full energy storage industry chain. It has more than 800 domestic and international member organizations.