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Apr. 1 - 3, 2026 | The 14th Energy Storage International Conference & Expo


Since its establishment in 2012, the Energy Storage International Conference and Expo (ESIE) has successfully held 13 editions. It is the world’s leading energy storage event and professional exhibition platform. It is hailed as the barometer of China’s energy storage industry development.

ESIE was born alongside the development of China’s energy storage industry and serves as a key communication and cooperation platform in the energy storage field. It plays a positive role in promoting and publicizing advanced energy storage technologies, facilitating the transformation and exchange of scientific research achievements, and advancing the industrialization, marketization, and internationalization of China’s energy storage industry.

The 14th Energy Storage International Conference and Expo (ESIE 2026), co-organized by the China Energy Storage Alliance, China Energy Research Society, and Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be held at the Capital International Exhibition & Convention Center from April 1 to 3, 2026. This edition of the event will cover an exhibition area of 160,000 square meters, with six major themed exhibition halls, and will concurrently feature a series of activities including the Opening ceremony, High-level dialogues, Academicians’ forum, Thematic forums, Closed-door seminars, Application forum, International energy storage innovation competitions, Industry reports and Authoritative rankings release, and New product launches.

1. ESIE 2025 Concluded with Great Success

From April 10 to 12, 2025, the 13th Energy Storage International Conference and Expo (ESIE 2025) was successfully held, marking a key moment for the energy storage industry as it progressed from scale to value. Over the course of the exhibition, it attracted more than 200,000 professional visitors onsite, and 3 million online viewers. Nearly 800 exhibitors from the entire energy storage industry chain, both domestic and international, as well as over 4,000 upstream and downstream enterprises from more than 50 countries and regions participated, creating an efficient platform for communication and cooperation in the energy storage industry.

2. Partial Exhibitors of ESIE 2025

2. What’s New about ESIE 2026?

In 2026, we sincerely invite our industry colleagues to join this annual event of the energy storage industry. Amid the waves of technological iteration and market transformation, let us unlock a new growth engine for the value of the new energy industry together.

2.1 Six Major Themed Exhibition Halls, A Fully Connected Industry Ecosystem.

Building on its focus on core energy storage technologies, system integration, and comprehensive solutions, ESIE 2026 adds new key sections such as deep integration of transportation and energy, innovative applications of intelligent manufacturing in the energy sector, zero-carbon park exploration and practice, intelligent energy management driven by artificial intelligence (AI), and the full hydrogen energy industry chain. Driven by “market demand,” it comprehensively showcases the entire energy storage ecosystem.

Six themed halls:

  • B1 - Energy Storage Application Hall; 

  • B2 - Energy Storage Application Hall; 

  • A1 - Energy Storage and Power Equipment Hall;

  • A2 - Battery and Intelligent Manufacturing Hall;

  • A3 - Battery and Materials Hall

  • A4 - Future Ecology Hall

Separated Energy Category Tables
Exhibiting product range
Advanced Technologies and Equipment Products and System Integration AI and Digital Empowerment Platforms and Services
  • Energy Storage Technology
  • Hydrogen Energy Technology
  • Integration Technology
  • Carbon Reduction Technology
  • Intelligent Manufacturing Technology
  • Battery Materials
  • Cells and PACK
  • Thermal Management + Fire Protection
  • BMS + PCS + EMS
  • Electrical and Power Distribution Equipment
  • Charging and Battery Swap Equipment
  • Advanced Intelligent Manufacturing Equipment
  • Hydrogen Production/Storage/Transportation Equipment
  • Power Transmission and Distribution Equipment
  • Energy Storage Products
  • Control Systems
  • Charging and Battery Swap Systems
  • Green Power Hydrogen Production/Filling Systems
  • Production and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
  • Multi-energy Coupling Systems
  • Distributed Energy Storage Systems
  • Centralized Energy Storage Systems
  • Hybrid Energy Storage Systems
  • Source-Grid-Load-Storage Integrated Solutions
  • Wind-Solar-Storage-Charging Microgrid Solutions
  • Green Power Direct Connection Solutions
  • Energy Storage Power Plant EPC
  • Energy Trading and Dispatch
  • Green Power Trading
  • Virtual Power Plant (VPP)
  • Intelligent Forecast and Optimization
  • Product Development and Design
  • Safety Early Warning and Detection
  • Smart Health Management
  • Full Lifecycle Operation and Maintenance
  • Intelligent Inspection and Maintenance Equipment
  • Digital Twin
  • Data Collection and Integration
  • Energy Management and Control
  • Intelligent Computing Center
  • Second-life Utilization
  • Dual Carbon and ESG
  • Testing and Certification
  • Industrial Investment
  • Finance and Insurance
  • Battery Bank
  • Shared Energy Storage
  • Industry-Education Integration
Related Application Scenarios
Transportation-Energy Integration Zero-carbon Parks Industrial Decarbonization Smart Cities Value Scenarios
  • Vehicle-Grid Interaction (V2G)
  • Integrated PV-Energy Storage-Charging Power Station
  • Multi-energy Complementary Systems
  • Innovative Applications of Distributed Energy
  • Smart Parks
  • Direct Green Power Supply for High Energy-consuming Enterprises
  • Green Hydrogen Applications in Chemical Industry
  • BIPV / CIPV
  • Smart Grid
  • Desert and Gobi Mega Bases + Mining Area Energy Storage
  • Shore Power Supply + Data Center + Backup Power Supply
  • Heavy Truck Battery Swap + Low-altitude Economy + Two-wheel Vehicles

The exhibition will continue to use the Capital International Exhibition & Convention Center venue, with six major themed exhibition halls. Using top-tier hardware to construct an energy storage industry ecosystem display matrix, the integration of 160,000 square meters of exhibition space and facilities will provide enterprises with a multidimensional platform for showcasing technical solutions and brand value.

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2.2 Industry Experts and Professionals, Empowering Precise Transaction Conversion

Gathering core decision-makers across the global energy storage industry chain, the exhibition is expected to welcome over 200,000 professional visitors. This includes personnel from power generation groups and grid companies, decision-makers from energy investment institutions, EPC general contractors, and procurement managers, covering core links of the energy storage industry. More than 50% of attendees will be corporate executives and R&D personnel, precisely matching exhibitor needs.

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2.3 Cross-border Resources from Over 50 Countries, Building a Global Outbound Channel.

Energy authorities from over 50 countries, embassies in China, and international energy organizations will attend, jointly holding multiple international forums and business matchmaking events. This will help companies precisely reach high-quality overseas resources such as project owners and EPC contractors, fully opening two-way channels for cross-border technical cooperation and market expansion.

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2.4 High-level Industry Events, Defining Future Development Trends

Representatives from national energy authorities, local governments, power generation groups, grid companies, research institutions, and leading enterprises will gather together. Concurrent with the exhibition, a series of events will be held, including the opening ceremony, high-level dialogues, thematic forums, application forums, closed-door seminars, and international energy storage innovation competitions. Authoritative industry reports such as the Global Energy Storage Market White Paper 2026, as well as authoritative rankings of cell shipments, large-scale storage, and user-side storage, will be released, deeply consolidating industry insights and defining future development trends of energy storage.

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2.5 Omni-channel, Three-dimensional Marketing, Amplifying Industry Communication Reach.

A comprehensive communication matrix combining “National-level media + Financial media + Industry media + Overseas media + Advertising + Proprietary media” will ensure full-cycle coverage (pre-show warm-up, live coverage during the event, post-show summary), reaching hundreds of millions in the industry. This will help brands break through industry boundaries and achieve value breakthroughs.

Some ESIE2025 post-event media coverage: People’s Daily, Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, People.cn, etc.

Read what pv magazine says about ESIE 2025.

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2.6 “PC + Mobile” Smart Digital System Driven, Achieving Long-term Conversion of Exhibition Value.

The smart digital system of “PC terminal + mobile terminal” enables precise “exhibitor-audience” supply-demand matching. Post-event, it not only provides ongoing product promotion services, but also continues to push potential business opportunities, helping extend exhibition value from “on-site display” to “long-term conversion.”

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3. ESIE 2026 Booth Reservation Now Open!

3.1 Booth Reservation

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Venue Layout and Exhibit Halls - Compact

Exhibit Halls & Scopes

Hall Hall Name Exhibit Scope
A1 Energy Storage and Power Equipment Hall
  • Cells and PACK, PCS, BMS, EMS
  • Thermal Management and Fire Protection
  • Electrical and Power Distribution Equipment
  • PV/Wind Power Systems and Components
A2 Battery and Intelligent Manufacturing Hall
  • Electrochemical Energy Storage
  • Advanced Manufacturing Solutions, Equipment and Software
  • Industrial Digital Project O&M / Service Providers
  • Related Hardware and Software
  • AI and Digital Technologies (IoT, Big Data, Multi-network Integration)
A3 Battery and Materials Hall
  • Physical Energy Storage Technologies (Compressed Air, Flywheel, Gravity, Molten Salt)
  • Advanced Battery Technologies and Materials (Sodium-ion, Solid-state, Aqueous, All-vanadium Flow)
  • Supercapacitors and Superconducting Energy Storage
  • Battery Recycling and Second-life Utilization
A4 Future Ecology Hall
  • Transportation-Energy Integration: Vehicle-Grid Interaction; Charging/Battery Swap; Microgrid & Smart Stations; Electric Vehicles, Heavy Trucks, Ships; Low-altitude Economy
  • Industrial Decarbonization: Direct Green Power Supply; Zero-carbon Parks; Green Hydrogen in Chemical Industry (Production/Storage/Transportation/Filling); Dual Carbon and ESG
  • Smart Energy: Source-Grid-Load-Storage Integration; BIPV; CIPV; Smart Grid
  • Scenario Applications: Ecological Governance; Backup/Emergency Power; Two-wheel Vehicles; New Energy Substitution for Ports & Airports
B1 Energy Storage Application Hall
  • Energy Storage Products: Household; Commercial & Industrial; Large-scale; Hybrid; Portable Power Supplies
  • Distributed Storage: VPP; Transformer Areas; Multi-scenario User Side; Military Use; PV-Storage-Charging
  • Computing Center, Data Center, Communication Base Station Solutions
  • Energy Storage EPC
B2 Energy Storage Application Hall
  • Energy Storage Products: Household; Commercial & Industrial; Large-scale; UPS; EPS; Mobile Power Supplies
  • Centralized Energy Storage: Grid-side; Generation-side; Peak Regulation/Frequency Regulation; Shared; Independent
  • Industrial Energy Saving: Thermal Power Flex Transformation; Hydrogen-Electric-Thermal Multi-energy Coupling; Extreme Environment Adaptation (High Cold / Desert)

Booth fees:

Central zone: EURO 400.00/sqm
Ordinary zone: EURO 330.00/sqm
Shell scheme booth: EURO 3,000.00/9 sqm

3.2 Conference ticket pricing [Free before Oct.31, 2025]

Pricing Table - Compact
Original Ticket Price (April 1–3)
Ticket Options and Pricing
Ticket Type Price
Single-day Ticket $270 USD
Three-day Pass $810 USD
Early Bird Ticket Table - Compact
Free Early Registration ① (August 1 – October 31, 2025)
Three-day Pass Pricing
Ticket Category Price Discount
Member Price $0 USD 100% off
Non-member Price $0 USD 100% off
Early Bird Ticket ② (October 31 – December 31, 2025)
Three-day Pass Pricing
Ticket Category Price Discount
Member Price $420 USD 20% off
Non-member Price $660 USD 20% off
Regular Pricing ③ (January 1, 2026 onwards)
Three-day Pass Pricing
Ticket Category Price Discount
Member Price $510 USD No discount
Non-member Price $810 USD No discount

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3.3 Exhibition and Ticketing Contacts
For participation/exhibition inquiries, please contact us via the methods below:

Email:

Glenn Fang | overseas@cnesa.org

Martine Xu | conference@cnesa.org