On November 14th, the 7th International Innovation Summit on Energy Internet & 2025 Renewable Energy Power Technology Innovation and Industrial Development Conference was held in Chengdu. Guided by Tsinghua University and the China-EU Energy Technology Innovation Cooperation Office, the conference was co-hosted by the Foreign Affairs Office of Chengdu Municipal People's Government, Sichuan Tianfu New Area Administrative Committee, Tsinghua University's Domestic Cooperation Office, and the International Innovation Center for Energy Internet. More than 200 representatives from governments, universities, enterprises, research institutions, and international organizations attended the event to jointly discuss issues such as integrated development, technological innovation, and achievement transformation. During the signing session, ZH Energy as the only representative in the battery energy storage sector, joined hands with Tsinghua University Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (TSERI) to jointly establish a Joint R&D Center and successfully signed the cooperation agreement.

Sichuan boasts distinct advantages in resource endowment, industrial accumulation, and policies for the vanadium battery energy storage industry. In recent years, provincial authorities have continuously issued supportive measures to promote core technological breakthroughs, expansion of pilot applications, and improvement of the industrial chain, gradually fostering an industrial ecosystem conducive to the innovative development of flow batteries. For enterprises, this continuously strengthening policy environment and industrial atmosphere provide favorable opportunities to accelerate technology implementation and business layout.

The joint establishment of a Joint R&D Center with Tsinghua University Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute (TSERI) holds great strategic significance for ZH Energy and its partners. The R&D Center will serve as a platform for core technological breakthroughs and collaborative innovation in flow batteries. By integrating resources from the government, industry, universities, research institutions, and application sectors (government-industry-university-research-application collaboration), and supported by Sichuan's favorable policy and industrial environment, it will advance the R&D and industrialization of core technologies such as high-performance flow battery materials, stacks, system integration, and vanadium electrolyte preparation. Additionally, the Center will promote the technology transfer, transformation, and large-scale application of flow batteries across multiple scenarios including photovoltaic power, wind power, grid peak shaving, and communication backup power, providing solid technical support for long-duration energy storage (LDES). Meanwhile, both parties will jointly introduce resources to offer comprehensive support for commercialization, accelerate industrial cost reduction and efficiency improvement, enhance technological value and market competitiveness, and contribute to the establishment of a sound industrial standard system.

At this summit, ZH Energy participation in the joint establishment of the Joint R&D Center not only demonstrates the company's professional strength in the energy storage technology sector but also aligns with Sichuan Province's strategic direction of promoting the high-quality development of the vanadium battery energy storage industry. In the future, ZH Energy will leverage the platform of the R&D Center to strengthen in-depth cooperation with governments, research institutions, and industrial partners, continue to advance flow battery technological innovation and industrialization, and contribute to building a safe, efficient, and green modern energy system.