On July 21-22, 2026, the Shandong Heavy Industry Global Partner Conference and Green Intelligent Product Exhibition will be held at the Vietnam National Convention and Exhibition Center (VEC). As the core carrier of the group's power and energy sector, Weichai released a heavyweight microgrid integrated energy solution during the conference, using hardcore technology to meet the urgent needs of the regional market, seize the new blue ocean of Southeast Asian power and energy, and inject new momentum into the green and low-carbon development of the region.

Anchoring pain points in Southeast Asia region, releasing integrated energy solutions for microgrids

From the perspective of industry development trends, Southeast Asia is becoming the core engine of global electricity demand growth, with rapid regional economic development driving explosive growth in electricity demand. However, the dual challenges of lagging power grid infrastructure and low-carbon transformation have become the core bottlenecks restricting its energy development. According to the Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2026 report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), since 2015, the average annual growth rate of electricity demand in Southeast Asia has reached 6%, nearly twice the global average. It is expected that by 2050, the total regional electricity demand will increase by 2 to 3 times on the existing basis. However, the regional power grid infrastructure is weak and is facing the dual challenges of lagging power grid infrastructure and low-carbon transformation. Distributed microgrids, as the core path to solve power supply problems and promote low-carbon development, are experiencing explosive growth in the market.

During this conference, Weichai released a heavyweight microgrid solution. This is the core achievement of the enterprise's deep cultivation in the field of electric energy, and also a forward-looking layout for accurately anchoring the pain points of the Southeast Asian electricity market. This plan focuses on the urgent needs of the market, such as accelerating computing infrastructure, promoting zero carbon parks, and upgrading remote industrial and mining intelligence. It integrates core equipment such as hybrid energy power stations, mobile photovoltaics, energy storage systems, integrated storage and charging machines, SOFC solid oxide fuel cell power generation systems, and generator sets (diesel, gas, heavy oil, etc.), which can effectively solve problems such as unstable power supply, high energy consumption, and lack of supporting facilities in various scenarios.

Unlike traditional single power generation equipment, Weichai's microgrid energy solution focuses on "one-stop, touchable, and fully closed-loop", covering scenarios such as islands, parks, and data centers. It can provide independent power supply for remote areas and achieve low-carbon combined heat and power supply for urban parks.

This release is not only a key measure for Weichai to implement its group strategy, but also marks its upgrade from "selling products" to a high-end business model of "system solutions+comprehensive services+ecological co construction". This plan will also provide Southeast Asia with a low-carbon and efficient complete energy paradigm, helping to solve regional energy development problems and promote the transformation and upgrading of Southeast Asia's energy industry towards cleanliness, intelligence, and efficiency.

Continuous upgrading of power energy technology, creating a growth pole for the group's strategic transformation

In January 2026, Shandong Heavy Industry officially listed electric energy as the seventh largest business sector of the group, and Weichai quickly transformed the group's strategic deployment into development effectiveness, becoming a new growth pole for high-quality development of the enterprise. By 2025, Weichai's global sales of power generation products will exceed 100000 units, ranking among the top three in the world; In the first half of 2026, Weichai's power energy business revenue increased by 30% year-on-year, with data center product revenue growing by 140% year-on-year, covering global core markets such as Southeast Asia, Europe, America, and the Middle East.

Behind Weichai's impressive performance is its continuous investment in the research and development of power energy technology over the years, as well as its continuous breakthroughs in core technologies, which precisely match the explosive trend of global emerging electricity demand.

On the road of technological upgrading, Weichai adheres to the dual wheel drive of "traditional energy efficiency and new energy low-carbon", and the two core product lines continue to iterate and optimize, jointly forming a solid hardware foundation for the microgrid solution. In the field of traditional diesel and gas power generation, Weichai strategically restructured Baudouin, France in 2009 and developed a new M-series large bore power generation product, creating a product system covering 1250kWe-5000kWe full power range generator sets. Among them, the world's first 5-megawatt high-speed diesel generator set, 20M61, achieved world-class core indicators such as power generation and loading capacity. At the same time, Weichai has also upgraded the intelligence of existing diesel and gas generator sets, equipped with self-developed remote monitoring systems, which can achieve real-time monitoring of unit operation status, fault warning, and remote operation and maintenance, greatly improving equipment reliability and operation efficiency, and adapting to the electricity needs of different scenarios in Southeast Asia.

In the field of new energy and low-carbon power generation, Weichai has advanced its layout and continued to tackle challenges, achieving a major breakthrough in SOFC solid oxide fuel cell technology. Weichai laid out SOFC technology in 2018 and released the world's first high-power metal supported commercial SOFC product in 2022. The 92.55% cogeneration efficiency set a global record, and the 100kW commercial SOFC power generation product demonstration project has accumulated nearly 70000 hours of stable operation. The technical reliability has been fully verified, providing core support for the implementation of microgrid solutions.

The Weichai WES600 SOFC power generation system exhibited at this conference is one of the important devices for microgrid solutions and also the core product of this cooperation between the two parties. The system adopts advanced metal supported stack technology, with a system power of up to 600kW, which can achieve megawatt level power expansion according to customer needs. It provides efficient, low-carbon, quiet operation, continuous stability, and rapid deployment of power solutions for data centers, industrial parks, distributed energy, and microgrids.

In addition, Weichai continues to optimize the technical performance of supporting equipment such as mobile photovoltaics, energy storage systems, and integrated storage and charging machines, improving the conversion efficiency of photovoltaic modules, the charging and discharging efficiency and safety of energy storage systems, achieving efficient adaptation and coordinated operation of various equipment and microgrid systems, and further improving the technical system of microgrid integrated energy solutions.

The continuous upgrading of technology has also provided strong support for Weichai's practical application in the Southeast Asian market. Over the years, Weichai has implemented multiple benchmark projects in Southeast Asia, winning high recognition from local customers with its hardcore technology and accumulating rich practical experience for the promotion of microgrid solutions. In a power station on an island in Thailand, the Weichai 12M33 diesel generator set has operated safely for over 30000 hours since its commissioning in 2019, becoming the "ballast stone" for local power supply; 8 Weichai Boduan containerized gas turbines operate stably in high temperature and high humidity environments in Southeast Asia, providing clean electricity for parks and communities and gaining high recognition from local customers.

This appearance at the Vietnam exhibition is a concentrated showcase of Weichai's power energy technology and microgrid solutions, and a key step in its deep cultivation of the Southeast Asian market. The current policies and demand in the Southeast Asian microgrid market are mutually beneficial. Weichai will take the exhibition as an opportunity to deepen global cooperation, rely on core microgrid solutions to assist regional energy transformation, promote higher quality growth in the group's power energy sector, and contribute Weichai's strength to the global energy transformation wave.Editor/Cheng Liting