Huawei Digital Power Sets Benchmark for High Quality, High Safety Smart PV and Grid-Forming ESS

[Shenzhen, China, September 18, 2025] Huawei’s FusionSolar APAC Smart PV & Grid-Forming ESS Safety Workshop concluded successfully, bringing together more than 200 industry leaders and experts from across the Asia-Pacific region. The event spotlighted the importance of APAC region’s Smart PV and Grid-Forming ESS Safety, reaffirming the company’s commitment to setting industry benchmarks in high quality and high safety to power a greener and more resilient energy future.

Xia Hesheng, the Vice President of Huawei Digital Power; President of Huawei Digital Power Strategy & Marketing

The Path to High Quality and High Safety Development

In the opening remarks, Xia Hesheng, the Vice President of Huawei Digital Power; President of Huawei Digital Power Strategy & Marketing, underlined that quality and safety are Huawei’s top strategic priorities. Huawei Digital Power continues to invest heavily in quality, strengthening its end-to-end safety and quality management system—covering planning, design, development, manufacturing, procurement, sales, delivery, and O&M.

He further emphasized that as the Asia-Pacific region moves towards its ambitious sustainability goals, these technologies will be the cornerstone in ensuring the stability, resilience, and reliability of our power systems, while fostering regional collaboration and advancing the transition to a cleaner, interconnected.

Accelerating APAC’s Renewable Energy Future

Distinguished keynote speakers then enriched the dialogue with insights on safety, standardization, and bankability of Grid-Forming ESS:

• Dr. Tharinya Supasa, Head of Sustainable and Renewable (SRE) Department, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), stressed that “ASEAN RE ambitions rise, driven by ambitious policy goals and lower RE cost assumptions. Solar energy, which is somewhat integrated with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), is promoted for self-consumption in buildings, decarbonisation, and enhancing resilience, despite existing gaps in electrical safety standards and the risks of falling behind rapidly evolving technology. Consequently, it is essential to strengthen safety enforcement to prevent unnecessary incidents and maintain the building's sector confidence.”

• Dr. Tu Pengfei, Head of Smart ESS, APAC Product Management, Huawei Digital Power, shared that ensuring safety through end-to-end design and lifecycle measures, while leveraging grid-forming technologies for stability, is the foundation for a secure and resilient renewable energy future.”

• Prof. King-Jet TSENG, Fellow IEEE, Full Professor of Electrical Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology, IEC TC120 Expert, emphasized the role of international benchmarks: “The IEC 62933 standards aim to provide a unified framework for the development, deployment, and operation of electrical energy storage systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and efficiency. The standards are generally applicable from the design phase to the end-of-service-life management of energy storage systems and are relatively independent of the specific type of technology used in the storage subsystems.”

• Modini Yantrapati, Principal Consultant-Energy Storage and Hybrid Systems, AFRY Singapore, linked global insights to APAC market needs, she mentioned that“The future of renewables will rest on ensuring that energy storage is financially and operationally accessible to every asset owner, levelling the playing field of cost and technical expertise.”

• Ben Waldron, Director, Power Engineering, Asia at AON, offered the insurance perspective: “Aon’s presentation explores the critical risks and insurance considerations surrounding Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). Drawing on extensive industry experience and real-world case studies, it delivers practical guidance on fire hazard control, key regulatory standards, and best practices to ensure safer, more resilient energy storage solutions. “

• Tan Yee Ho, Head of Battery, Manufacturing & Energy Storage at United Overseas Bank (UOB), underlined financial readiness: “Asia-Pac’s population and the digital economy growth powered by green power drives BESS deployment growth. Countries with differing power market structure results in different bankability model, and involving banks early in the financing discussions would provide potential optimization, where the UOB can assist with Financial Supply Chain Management and ESG solutioning.”

• Robert Liew, Research Director of Power & Renewables Research, Asia-Pacific at Wood Mackenzie, provided a market-driven lens as APAC rapidly expands renewable energy with wind and solar, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are emerging as the fastest-growing power technology. With China leading in cost competitiveness and global production scale, the levelized cost of storage (LCOS) is set to decline significantly across the region. Over the next decades, BESS costs are projected to fall by more than half, making large-scale, hybrid, and utility applications not only viable but essential for building a stable, reliable, and sustainable energy future.”

Ricky Chen, President of Huawei APAC Digital Power Business

At the successful conclusion of the workshop, Ricky Chen, President of Huawei APAC Digital Power Business, stated that the workshop demonstrated Huawei's strong commitment to energy transition. Huawei has always regarded high quality and high safety as core strategies, striving to drive the high-quality development of smart PV and grid-forming ESS technologies through innovation and standards. In the future, Huawei will continue to strengthen technological investment and regional cooperation to promote the development of a greener and more sustainable energy system in the Asia-Pacific region.

The workshop underscored how Smart String Grid-forming ESS solution, coupled with international safety standards, can enhance grid stability, reduce risks, and unlock new pathways for investment across Asia-Pacific. Huawei’s unwavering focus on quality ensures long-term reliability, customer trust, and industry leadership. By ensuring stability, reducing failure rates, and personalizing solutions, Huawei delivers high quality and high value user experiences throughout product lifecycles.