Shenzhen, January 6, 2025 – Yesterday, Huawei Digital Power held the "2025 Top 10 Smart PV Trends Conference" online through its official account. Steven Zhou, President of Huawei's Digital Power Smart PV Product Line, delivered a keynote speech with industry insights and trend forecasting, comprehensively analyzing the key directions of the future development of the PV industry.
With the theme of "Integrating Innovation, Intelligently Constructing the Future, and Accelerating PV as the Main Energy Source", the conference focused on innovative trends such as integrated photovoltaic and storage technology, full-scenario network construction, and energy community sharing, demonstrating the important role of smart photovoltaic technology in helping the global energy transition. The following is the essence of the press conference compiled by China Exportsemi.
Global market outlook: the integration of photovoltaic and storage accelerates the main force of photovoltaics
At the meeting, Steven Zhou shared Huawei's market forecasts based on research and modeling analysis by consulting companies, international organizations, and industry partners.
- The new installed capacity of PV is expected to exceed 5,400 GW by 2030, while the new installed capacity of energy storage will exceed 1,500 GW.
- The integrated PV and storage solution accelerates the transformation of PV to the main power source, which not only achieves stable power generation, but also optimizes the energy stability of the weak grid environment.
In particular, the large-scale commercial use and testing of "solar wind storage generators" (such as Qinghai, China, and Saudi Arabia) will become the key to achieving 100% renewable energy reliable power supply. Steven Zhou pointed out that the global photovoltaic industry is rapidly moving from "supplementary electricity" to "main electricity", and is expected to fully realize the transformation by 2027.
Top 10 Trends: Comprehensive Innovation from Core to Network
The highlights of the conference are the top 10 technology trends of smart PV, which reflect the industry's full life cycle innovation from core technology to full-scenario applications:
Photovoltaic storage generators: Promote photovoltaic to become the world's main power source, improve power quality, and reduce electricity costs.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduced the 2025 smart PV trend 1: Wind and solar energy storage generators will accelerate PV to become the main energy source
All-scenario network construction: Solve the stability problems in weak power grids and microgrids, and verify the reliability of power systems through simulation tests and practical applications.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 Smart PV Trend 2: all-scenario networking
Energy storage security from core to grid: Based on the high-safety bipolar architecture and new self-stabilizing control technology, the safety of the energy storage system is significantly enhanced.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 smart PV trend 3: energy storage security from core to grid
Intelligent throughout the life cycle: Extend the service life of photovoltaic equipment and improve power generation efficiency through data-driven intelligent management.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 smart PV trend 4: full life cycle intelligence
High-frequency and high-density: Photovoltaic and energy storage systems are designed to be higher frequency and higher density to meet future power demand.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduced the 2025 smart PV trend 5: high-frequency and high-densification
High voltage and high reliability: Improve power transmission capacity in weak power grid environments.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 smart PV trend 6: high voltage and high reliability
100% new energy microgrid: Realize the complete greening of power supply.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 Smart PV Trend 7:100% new energy microgrid
Synergy of optical storage, charging and use: Integrate power generation, energy storage, charging, and power consumption scenarios to comprehensively improve energy efficiency.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 smart PV trend 8:optical storage, charging and synergy
Energy community sharing: Build a sharing economy model based on new energy to promote the balance of energy supply and demand at the community level.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduces the 2025 Smart PV Trend 9 energy community sharing
Flexible adaptation of the whole business model: Adapt to the needs of different application scenarios through innovative business models.
Figure: Steven Zhou introduced the 2025 smart PV trend and flexible business model
Technological breakthrough: Supporting the long-term stability of the new power system
At the press conference, Huawei showcased a number of technological breakthroughs. For example, through system-level simulation and test verification, the network operation of the equivalent synchronous phase modulator is realized in the extremely weak power grid environment. Artificial short-circuit experiments, fault ride-through tests and other means are applied to enhance the overload capacity and stability of the module. These innovations provide solid support for the concept of "ubiquitous" grid construction of energy storage in the future.
Steven Zhou concluded: "In 2025 and beyond, the photovoltaic industry will be driven by integration and innovation, realize the popularization and stabilization of new energy, and help achieve the goal of global energy transition.”
