To stimulate industrial innovation vitality and uncover cutting-edge core technologies, the "Tongwei Cup" 3rd Photovoltaic & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Competition, hosted by the Organizing Committee of the 2026 9th China International Photovoltaic & Energy Storage Industry Conference and led by authoritative industry institutions and expert review panels, officially kicks off today. A global "call for heroes" is being issued to collect high-quality PV & energy storage innovation achievements, frontier technology solutions, and practical application cases.

Scene of the 2025 8th China International Photovoltaic & Energy Storage Industry Conference

As one of the flagship events of the China International Photovoltaic & Energy Storage Industry Conference, the PV & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Competition has been successfully held for two editions since 2024. With its high-caliber authoritative review panel and rigorous, fair selection criteria, it has become one of the most prestigious science and innovation competition brands in the PV & energy storage technology field. Among them, technology innovation projects submitted by renowned enterprises and institutions such as Tongwei Co., Ltd., Leadmicro Technology, GCL Technology, Wuxi Lead, AOTE Automation, Maxwell Technologies, Shouhang Energy Group, and Liansheng PV have won awards including the "China PV & Energy Storage Frontier Technology Innovation Award," the "China PV & Energy Storage Frontier Technology Contribution Award," and the "China PV & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Achievement Award," setting technology innovation benchmarks for the PV & energy storage industry.

Scene of the 2025 PV & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Competition Award Ceremony

This edition of the competition will continue its professional event-organizing philosophy, with technology innovation, industrial implementation, and value empowerment as its core orientation. Focusing on key areas across the entire PV, energy storage, and PV-storage integration industry chain, it will establish professional tracks including "Battery & Module Technology," "Energy Storage System Integration & Technology," and "Power Station Design," covering multiple dimensions from crystalline silicon batteries to energy storage battery technology, PV-storage system grid connection and control technology, to power station design evaluation, building a full-industry-chain technology innovation showcase platform. Meanwhile, the competition will closely follow the frontier trend of "AI + PV & Energy Storage," encouraging submissions of innovative solutions such as using artificial intelligence to optimize PV & energy storage power station design and leveraging big data algorithms to optimize electricity trading strategies.

"The Father of World Solar Energy," Professor Martin Green of the University of New South Wales, Australia, presenting awards to winners of the 2025 PV & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Competition

At the same time, this edition of the competition will bring together authoritative experts, universities, research institutes, and industry associations from both domestic and international PV & energy storage fields to form a professional review panel. Evaluations will be conducted across multiple dimensions including the innovation, practicality, technological content, market prospects, and economic benefits of the scientific and technological achievements. Final awards including the "China PV & Energy Storage Frontier Technology Contribution Award" and the "China PV & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Achievement Award" will be announced and presented during the 2026 9th China International Photovoltaic & Energy Storage Industry Conference. This competition charges no registration fee or review fee, and awards will be selected based on the principles of fairness, impartiality, and transparency. The competition aims to build a professional platform for innovative technology exchange, achievement transformation, and talent convergence, uncovering innovative technologies with breakthrough potential, practicality, and industrialization prospects, driving high-quality development of the PV & energy storage industry through innovation. Addressing industrial pain points, tackling technical challenges, and empowering high-quality development through innovation. Starting today, the "Tongwei Cup" 3rd PV & Energy Storage Innovation Technology Competition is officially open, sincerely inviting global PV & energy storage enterprises, research institutions, university teams, and technology teams to register and participate. Connect through technology, compete with brilliance, and jointly usher in a new future for the PV & energy storage industry!