From November 17-20, the 2026 9th China International Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Industry Conference, themed "Integration of PV and Energy Storage, Co-building the Ecosystem, Chaining the Future," will be grandly held in Chengdu, China. As one of the key parallel sessions of the conference, the Forum on Integrated Development of New Energy Local Consumption Projects and Virtual Power Plants, co-hosted by the conference organizing committee and Bajie New Energy, will be held concurrently. The forum will gather stakeholders from upstream and downstream new energy sectors, universities, consulting firms, financial institutions, legal service providers, and other fields to jointly explore policies, technologies, and project development related to the integrated development of new energy local consumption and virtual power plants, contributing to the healthy development of the industry.

The 2025 8th China International Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Industry Conference

Launch Ceremony Venue

Currently, China's new energy installed capacity continues to grow. The traditional single-mode local consumption approach is difficult to meet the grid dispatch demands after high-proportion new energy grid integration. The integration of new energy local consumption with virtual power plants is an inevitable path and also a policy direction. At the national level, a series of targeted policies have been issued in rapid succession, sending a clear and unequivocal signal: the deep integration of local consumption + virtual power plants is the core path to breaking through industrial bottlenecks and unlocking the value of distributed energy assets. At the intersection of the policy window and industrial pain points, the "Forum on Integrated Development of New Energy Local Consumption Projects and Virtual Power Plants" came into being.

Keynote Speeches at the 2025 Forum on Integrated Development of New Energy Local Consumption Projects and Virtual Power Plants Focused on Industry Pain Points and Challenges

During the 2025 8th China International Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Industry Conference, the Forum on Integrated Development of New Energy Local Consumption Projects and Virtual Power Plants was successfully held. Leaders and experts from China Energy Dadu River Company, PowerChina Chengdu Engineering Corporation, PowerChina Sichuan Engineering Corporation, Sichuan Energy Development Group, Shudao Clean Energy Group, Tsinghua Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, State Grid Hubei Central China Electric Power Technology Company, Xi'an Guanglin Huizhi, Huamao Energy Link, China Electronics Engineering Design Institute, GoodWe, Kehua Digital Energy, Huadong Electric, Huimu Energy, and Huituo Energy attended the event, sharing insights and exchanging ideas, delivering a knowledge feast from multiple perspectives. The keynote speeches on site focused on industry pain points and challenges, sharing forward-looking technical insights; the roundtable forum saw in-depth discussions among guests on the development and practice of green power direct connection projects, with substantive content throughout.

In 2026, the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, policies are in place, the market is calling, and the industry is awaiting a breakthrough. The deep integration of new energy local consumption with virtual power plants is both a policy direction and an industrial necessity, and it is the key to unlocking the bottleneck of large-scale distributed energy development.

This forum will closely align with industrial pain points and opportunities of the times, focusing on key topics including large-scale implementation of local consumption, market-oriented operation of virtual power plants, deep integration of PV-storage-load, new power market trading rules, innovative project business models, and coordinated grid security regulation. It will invite leaders from government authorities, authoritative think tank experts, leading enterprises in the industrial chain, energy operators, and technology solution providers to gather together, share cutting-edge practices, interpret the latest policies, and spark innovative ideas.

November 17-20, Chengdu, China — All colleagues across the new energy value chain are cordially invited to gather at the 2026 9th China International Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Industry Conference, to explore new opportunities in the integration of new energy local consumption and virtual power plants, to jointly build a new industrial ecosystem, and to usher in a new energy future!