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Korea Herald
23-06-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Huawei Digital Power Hosts the Grid Forming & ESS Safety Forum for Innovative Business Strategies and Safety Ecosystem
SHANGHAI, June 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 12, 2025, Huawei Digital Power held the Grid Forming & Energy Storage System (ESS) Safety Forum in Shanghai, inviting customers, partners, insurance companies, and certification organizations from the PV and ESS industry to discuss and share insights on the development trends and applications of grid-forming technology, business practices, and ESS safety ecosystem construction. At the forum, Huawei Digital Power, along with customers, partners, insurance companies, and certification organizations, launched the ESS Safety Initiative to elevate ESS safety to new heights. Steven Zhou, President of the Smart PV & ESS Product Line at Huawei Digital Power, delivered the opening speech. He stated that with the advancement of the global energy transition, the ESS is playing a crucial role in supporting the large-scale integration of renewable energy into the grid and ensuring stable grid operations, presenting both unprecedented opportunities and challenges. A grid-forming ESS, with its excellent grid-supporting capability, has become a cutting-edge and popular technology. Moreover, ESS safety is the top priority for the sustainable development of the industry. Huawei Digital Power has just launched the brand-new FusionSolar 9.0 Smart PV+ESS solution, promoting grid-forming technology from ESS to PV+ESS and across all scenarios, thereby achieving comprehensive applications. Adhering to high safety standards is key to maintaining grid stability. Huawei Digital Power proposes four safety standards: non-flammable, non-explosive, non-spreading, and non-harmful. The cell-to-grid safety design improves system reliability. Huawei will continue to innovate and collaborate with customers, partners, and industry organizations to promote the adoption of safety standards and drive business model innovation, ensuring that all parties in the industry chain can benefit from technological advancements and achieve a sustainable future. Grid-Forming Business Strategies: Promoting Active Safety and Accelerating the Construction of New Power Systems Robert Liew, APAC Research Director at Wood Mackenzie, and Patrick Zank, Business Development Manager at VDE, shared insights about how grid-forming technology can support renewable energy investments and ideas about how unified standards and market trust are essential to promoting its large-scale applications. Vannsith Ith, Director of the Power Management Division at SchneiTec, and Billy Qiu, Technical Manager of Smart Energy at TÜV SÜD, shared details about the first utility-scale ESS project in Cambodia. TÜV SÜD conducted an empirical test on the grid-forming capability of Huawei's grid-forming PV+ESS system in Cambodia, in accordance with PPP 58232. The test results provide a solid foundation for building a stable and reliable smart grid, demonstrating the development of grid-forming projects in Southeast Asia. Chen Danqing, CTO of the Grid-Forming ESS Business at Huawei Digital Power, stated that there are four major technical challenges to the large-scale commercial use of grid-forming technology, including multi-device parallel operation stability, wideband oscillation damping, strong overload support, and device safety and reliability. With extensive experience in the PV and ESS fields, particularly in grid-friendly and grid-forming technologies, Huawei Digital Power proposes the Smart String Grid-Forming ESS technology system. The technology system encompasses grid-forming capabilities across the entire power generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption process, redefining the core standards of grid-forming capabilities. Specifically, grid-forming ESS should possess grid-forming capabilities for all performance levels, under all grid conditions, and throughout the full lifecycle. It can provide deterministic and stable support for power systems, meeting the requirements of various business models in the future. Huawei's Smart String Grid-Forming ESS has undergone rigorous empirical tests in projects in Qinghai and Xizang, and has been successfully applied in GW-level projects. Chen Weipeng, Regional Business President (Non-Life Insurance) of Munich Re Group, shared his insights on the theme of safeguarding ESS projects. Chen Xiong, General Manager of Electric Power and Electronic Products Service, TÜV Rheinland China pointed out that true system safety should encompass the entire lifecycle of the ESS. Steve Zheng, President of Grid-Forming ESS Business, Huawei Digital Power, pointed out that ESSs have three typical characteristics: high density, high voltage, and high current. During the lifecycle, the electrochemical inconsistency, grid uncertainty, and insufficient digital management capabilities of ESSs may cause great safety risks. To address these issues, Huawei Digital Power launches an innovative safety system that integrates the "Panshi" battery pack, two-stage string architecture, and smart health diagnosis to ensure the ESS's safety throughout its lifecycle. Together with the international authoritative organization DNV, Huawei Digital Power successfully conducted an extreme ignition test on the Smart String Grid-Forming ESS, fully verifying its safety protection capability in extreme ignition scenarios. Additionally, during the forum, the nail penetration, water immersion, and thermal runaway tests were demonstrated at the Huawei Dongguan Grid-Forming ESS Comprehensive Lab. The test results effectively verified the safety performance of the system under the four safety standards of non-flammable, non-explosive, non-spreading, and non-harmful, as well as the three basic safety standards of grid-friendly, load-friendly, and environment-friendly. Huawei Digital Power will continue to provide PV+ESS solutions and work with the industry chain to achieve a sustainable and green future. Huawei Digital Power, along with customers, partners, and organizations, launched the ESS Safety Initiative. The initiative aims to improve the ESS-dedicated fire suppression specifications, promote the global promotion and continuous iteration of ESS safety levels, establish ESS safety capabilities that can be visualized and managed throughout the lifecycle, and establish an ESS project risk assessment system throughout the process, thereby safeguarding the future of energy, building a safety foundation, and advancing ESS safety to new heights together.
Korea Herald
07-05-2025
- Business
- Korea Herald
Huawei Digital Power's All-Scenario Grid Forming ESS Accelerates the Global Energy Transition and Construction of New Power Systems
MUNICH, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At Intersolar Europe 2025, Huawei Digital Power hosted the FusionSolar Strategy & New Product Launch under the theme "Smart PV & ESS: Powering a Grid Forming Future." Welcoming around 300 global customers and partners, this launch highlighted all-scenario grid forming and high-quality development, introducing next-generation grid forming ESS products and solutions for utility, microgrid, C&I, and residential applications. The launch propelled the renewable energy industry into the grid-forming era. Steven Zhou, President of Smart PV & ESS Product Line, Huawei Digital Power, announced the strategic goal of integrating "4T" technologies (bit, watt, heat, and battery) to build the energy infrastructure for new power systems. He also unveiled three key value propositions: all-scenario grid forming, cell-to-grid safety, and "one matches all," accelerating the development of new power systems powered entirely by renewable energy. Huawei FusionSolar strives to deliver high-quality solutions and foster an open ecosystem. It provides more competitive solutions for customers and brings more development opportunities to partners, driving the high-quality development of the industry. Steve Zheng, President of Smart ESS Business, Huawei Digital Power, released the next-generation all-scenario Smart String Grid Forming ESS Platform, which includes the new utility and C&I Smart String Grid Forming ESS. Designed to address challenges in renewables grid integration and ESS safety, Huawei's Smart String Grid Forming ESS Platform offers all-scenario grid forming, cell-to-grid safety, full-lifecycle cost-effectiveness, and full-link digitalization. The platform defines the golden standard of grid-forming capabilities: Grid forming ESS can adapt to any BESS SOC status, any grid SCR, and at any time, while supporting system evolution to enhance future power grids. The solution has already been applied to the 1.3 GWh ESS and 400 MW PV project in The Red Sea destination in the Middle East. This project is the world's largest PV+ESS microgrid, powering the city with 100% renewable energy. The microgrid has been running stably for more than 18 months, during which time it has provided more than 1 billion kWh of green electricity. The 30 MW PV and 6 MW/24 MWh ESS project in Ngari prefecture of China, uses Huawei's Smart PV+ESS Solution. The fully grid-forming power plant is located at a high altitude (about 4,600 m) with extremely low temperatures and weak grid conditions. Its PV power output can be increased from 1.5 MW to 12 MW, increasing PV integration by 75%. According to the plant's statistics, the ESS provides grid support more than 30 times within 10 days. Huawei's Smart String Grid Forming ESS gleans more value from energy storage through power electronics technology, as well as ensuring grid safety and stability through digital intelligence. It opens a new chapter of grid forming renewable energy worldwide. In addition, Huawei Digital Power redefines ESS safety with six cell-to-grid safety designs to upgrade the safety protection from the conventional container-level to the more refined pack-level, ensuring safer protection for the ESS. Combined with multi-dimensional, full-link, and intelligent diagnosis of the battery management system (BMS), the system's proactive safety capability is greatly improved, safeguarding the healthy development of the energy storage industry. SUN POWER, President of Residential PV & ESS Business, Huawei Digital Power, released the new Home Energy Management Solution 6.0 that covers green power generation and intelligent energy consumption, leading the way in home energy management. This solution includes a full range of new products, such as the residential ESS LUNA S1-7kWh. The ESS has an industry-leading 15-year warranty, over 40% more usable energy than the industry average, and on-demand capacity expansion up to 252 kWh. It can also adapt to a wide range of residential and small-sized C&I scenarios. Huawei's residential PV+ESS solution, thanks to its strong technical capabilities, has become the choice for 3.9 million households and 30,000 installers worldwide. From a zero-carbon house in Italy to a PV town in Sweden, this solution is optimal for home energy independence and community energy sharing. Huawei FusionSolar is committed to the strategic goal of reshaping the all-scenario grid forming standards. Huawei provides global customers and partners with fully grid-forming and high-quality smart PV+ESS solutions that go beyond expectations, accelerating the global energy transition and construction of new power systems. Photo - Photo - Photo - Photo -
