HUAWEI Digital Power Predicts Top 10 Future Trends of Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Industry

On January 6, 2025, Huawei Digital Power hosted the 2025 Smart Photovoltaics Top 10 Trends Release Conference, with the theme "Integrated Innovation for an Intelligent Future, Accelerating PV to Become the Main Energy Source." Zhou Tao, President of Huawei Digital Power’s Smart Photovoltaics and Energy Storage System product Line, unveiled the top 10 trends in smart photovoltaics and an important white paper, providing forward-looking support for the high-quality development of the photovoltaic and energy storage (光储) industry.

Trend 1: "Solar-Wind-Storage Power Generator" Accelerates Photovoltaics to Become the Main Energy Source

 

The photovoltaic wind and storage power generator serves as an important support for the new power system, accelerating the transition of photovoltaics from being a "supplementary energy" to a "main energy."

 

Trend 2: All-Scenario Grid Construction

 

Energy storage and grid construction are omnipresent, supporting the long-term stability of the new power system.

 

Trend 3: From Chip to Grid: Energy Storage Safety

 

Energy storage safety is the cornerstone, and higher standards for protection systems drive the industry’s high-quality development.

 

Trend 4: Full-Lifecycle Intelligence

 

Full-lifecycle intelligence enables renewable energy power stations to move toward "autonomous driving." -- by leveraging technologies like 5G, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things, future power stations will become digitalized, intelligent, and unmanned, realizing digital, smart, and automated management.

 

Trend 5: High Frequency and High Density

 

The integration of third-generation semiconductors and digital technologies continues to improve the power density of power electronic converters, enhancing the efficiency of the photovoltaic and energy storage system.

 

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Trend 6: High Voltage and High Reliability

 

High voltage continues to reduce the energy cost per unit, and high reliability improves system availability.

 

Trend 7: 100% Renewable Energy Microgrids

 

Renewable energy microgrids, with both economic and stability advantages, are becoming the first choice for areas without or with limited access to electricity.

 

Trend 8: Photovoltaic Energy Storage and Charging Coordination

 

In the future, coordinated management of photovoltaic energy storage and charging will improve the certainty of power generation and load forecasting, leveraging the complementary effects of distributed photovoltaics and adjustable charging loads, while enhancing the balance of the distribution network and achieving localized, balanced, and cross-regional power balancing.

 

Trend 9: Energy Community Sharing

 

Energy sharing is expanding from self-consumption to community sharing, enabling a circular flow of green energy within communities.

 

Trend 10: Flexible Adaptation to All Business Models

 

Integrated platforms adapt to diverse business models, continuously bringing higher returns.

 

 

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Why Digital Power, not Digital Energy?

 

During the media Q&A session at Huawei Connect 2021, rotating Chairman Xu Zhijun stated, "Huawei Digital Power's business strategy is to combine the digital technologies and electronic power technologies we have accumulated over the years in the ICT field to develop products and solutions. Therefore, it is not 'Digital Energy,' but rather 'Digital Power.' Its boundaries are very clear, focusing on power electronics technology and combining digital technology with power electronics technology." Essentially, Huawei Digital Power's business revolves around products and solutions related to power electronics technology, including but not limited to base station power supply, data center power supply, photovoltaic inverters, and intelligent energy storage solutions.

 

 

The Importance of Global Partnership

 

Based on the released Whitepaper, according to the "Global Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Commitment" and the "Global Energy Storage and Grid Commitment" signed at the 28th and 29th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conferences of the Parties (COP28 and COP29), global photovoltaic (PV) capacity is expected to exceed 5,400 GW, and energy storage capacity is expected to surpass 1,500 GW by 2030.

 

We are witnessing nations around the world working together to tackle climate change and advance carbon neutrality goals. In the small town of Gnesta, Sweden, where high electricity demand, negative electricity pricing scenarios, and challenges such as varying orientations and shading of villas are prevalent, over 1,000 households have adopted Huawei's residential solar-storage integrated solutions as of the end of 2024. This makes Gnesta the town with the highest density of PV installations in Sweden.

 

By achieving 100% adoption of Huawei’s residential solutions, the town has realized 100% energy self-sufficiency and created an interconnected energy-sharing network, forming a distributed solar-storage energy community. This exemplifies the spirit of global cooperation and building a shared planet, contributing to environmental sustainability and a greener future for all.

 

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