July 21-22, 2026, the Shandong Heavy Industry Global Partner Conference and Green Intelligent Product Display was held at the Vietnam National Convention Center (VEC). As the core implementer of the group's power and energy sector, during the meeting, Weichai unveiled the microgrid integrated energy solution with major impact, connecting regional market essentials with hardcore technology, seizing new blue oceans for Southeast Asian power and energy, and injecting new momentum for regional green and low-carbon development.

Targeting Southeast Asian Regional Pain Points, Launching Microgrid Integrated Energy Solution

From the industry development trend, Southeast Asia is becoming the core engine of global power demand growth. Rapid regional economic development drives explosive growth in power demand. However, the dual challenges of lagging grid infrastructure and low-carbon transition have become core bottlenecks restricting its energy development.

According to the report "Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2026" released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), since 2015, Southeast Asia's annual power demand growth rate has reached 6%, nearly twice the global average. It is expected that by 2050, total regional power demand will double or triple based on current levels.

However, the region's grid infrastructure is weak, facing the dual challenges of lagging grid infrastructure and low-carbon transition. Distributed microgrids, as the core path to solving power supply difficulties and promoting low-carbon development, have seen explosive growth in the market.

During this conference, Weichai unveiled the microgrid solution.

This is a core result of the enterprise's in-depth cultivation in the power and energy field, and even more so a forward-looking layout precisely targeting the pain points of the Southeast Asian power market.

The solution focuses on market necessities such as accelerating computing infrastructure construction, popularizing zero-carbon parks, and intelligent upgrading of remote mining and industrial areas. It integrates core equipment such as hybrid energy power stations, mobile photovoltaics, energy storage systems, charging and storage integrated units, SOFC solid oxide fuel cell power generation systems, and power generators (diesel, gas, heavy oil, etc.), effectively solving problems such as unstable power supply, high energy consumption, and missing supporting facilities in various scenarios.

Different from traditional single power generation equipment, the Weichai microgrid energy solution focuses on "one-stop, implementable, full closed-loop", covering scenarios such as islands, parks, and data centers. It can not only provide independent power supply for remote areas but also achieve low-carbon combined heat and power for urban parks.

This launch is not only a key measure for Weichai to implement the group strategy, but also marks its upgrade to high-end business forms from "selling products" to "system solutions + full-domain services + ecosystem co-construction".

The solution will also provide a low-carbon and efficient complete energy paradigm for Southeast Asia, helping the local area solve regional energy development difficulties, and promoting the transformation and upgrading of the Southeast Asian energy industry towards cleanliness, intelligence, and efficiency.

Continuous Upgrade of Power Energy Technology, Building a Group Strategic Transformation Growth Pole

In January 2026, Shandong Heavy Industry formally listed power and energy as the seventh major business sector of the group. Weichai quickly translated the group's strategic deployment into development effectiveness, becoming a new growth pole for the enterprise's high-quality development.

In 2025, Weichai's power generation product global sales broke 100,000 units, ranking among the top three globally; in the first half of 2026, Weichai's power and energy business revenue increased by 30% year-on-year, among which data center product revenue increased by 140% year-on-year. Products fully cover global core markets such as Southeast Asia, Europe, America, and the Middle East.

Behind the brilliant report card is Weichai's continuous investment in power and energy technology research and development over the years, continuous breakthroughs in core technologies, precisely fitting the explosive trend of power demand in global emerging scenarios.

On the path of technology upgrades, Weichai adheres to the dual-wheel drive of "traditional energy efficiency and new energy low-carbonization". The two major core product lines continue to iterate and optimize, jointly forming a solid hardware base for the microgrid solution.

In the traditional diesel and gas power generation fields, Weichai strategically reorganized French Baudouin in 2009, newly developed the M Series large bore diameter power generation products, created a power generator product system covering the 1250kWe-5000kWe full power range. Among them, the world's first 5 megawatt high-speed diesel generator set 20M61's starting ability, loading ability and other core indicators reached world-class levels.

At the same time, Weichai also carried out intelligent upgrades to existing diesel and gas generator sets, equipped with independently developed remote monitoring systems. It can realize real-time monitoring of unit operation status, fault warning, and remote maintenance, greatly improving equipment reliability and maintenance efficiency, adapting to power consumption needs in different scenarios in Southeast Asia.

In the new energy low-carbon power generation field, Weichai laid the groundwork early and continued to tackle difficulties, achieving a major breakthrough in SOFC solid oxide fuel cell technology.

Weichai laid out SOFC technology in 2018, released the world's first high-power metal-supported commercial SOFC product in 2022. The combined heat and power efficiency of 92.55% set a global record. The 100kW commercial SOFC power generation product demonstration project has been operating stably for nearly 70,000 hours cumulatively, technology reliability was fully verified, providing core support for the implementation of the microgrid solution.

The Weichai WES600 SOFC power generation system exhibited at this conference is one of the important devices of the microgrid solution, and also the core product of this cooperation between the two parties.

The system adopts advanced metal-supported stack technology. The system power can reach 600kW, and can achieve megawatt-level power expansion according to customer needs, providing efficient low-carbon, quiet operation, continuous stable, and rapid deployment 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 charging and storage integrated units, improving the conversion efficiency of photovoltaic modules, the charge and discharge efficiency and safety of energy storage systems, achieving high-efficiency adaptation and coordinated operation of various equipment with the microgrid system, further improving the technical system of the microgrid integrated energy solution.

Continuous technology upgrades have also provided strong support for Weichai's practical application in the Southeast Asian market. For many years, Weichai has implemented multiple benchmark projects in Southeast Asia, won high recognition from local customers with hardcore technology, and also accumulated rich practical experience for the promotion of microgrid solutions.

For example, in a certain island power station in Thailand, Weichai's 12M33 diesel generator set has been operating safely for over 30,000 hours since being put into operation in 2019, becoming a "ballast stone" for local power supply; 8 Weichai Baudouin containerized gas generator sets operated stably in Southeast Asia's high temperature and high humidity environment, providing clean power for parks and communities, and received high recognition from local customers.

This appearance at the Vietnam exhibition is a concentrated display of Weichai's power energy technology and microgrid solution, and more importantly, a key step in its in-depth cultivation of the Southeast Asian market.

Currently, the Southeast Asian microgrid market enjoys dual benefits of policy and demand. Weichai will take the exhibition as an opportunity, deepen global cooperation, rely on the core microgrid solution to assist regional energy transformation, promote the group's power and energy sector to achieve higher quality growth, and contribute Weichai's strength to the global energy transformation wave.

July in Hanoi, the heat is not just in the weather.

July 21, 2026, Vietnam National Exhibition and Convention Center, the scene of Shandong Heavy Industry Global Partner Conference and Green Intelligent Product Display, lights like waterfalls, metal gleamed. Guests from 62 countries and regions shuttled between exhibition booths, bending down to scrutinize parameters, exchanging whispers.

This is a "debut" announced in advance. Weichai's five core technology routes: Pure Electric, Hybrid, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Alternative Fuel Internal Combustion Engine, Intelligent Driving Assistance System, appear on the same stage to go global for the first time.

The noise has not yet dissipated, what the outside world should truly ask is: Holding an exhibition in Vietnam and revealing all technical assets at once, what game is Weichai and its backer Shandong Heavy Industry playing?

Five Routes, One Trump Card

If summarized in one sentence, the core message of this exhibition is: Weichai does not bet on a single technology route, it bets on "all of them".

Full-chain layout for pure electric. CT100 battery achieves 400A high-current fast charging for a single branch, WMS3200 electric drive assembly reduces whole vehicle power consumption, covering heavy truck, light truck, and bus full scenarios. This is not laboratory data, but the reality of mass production installation.

Hybrid offers high efficiency and energy saving. WP3NNG natural gas range extender claims "range over 1,000 km", directly addressing the industry pain point of pure electric heavy trucks "long charging time, short range". Short trips on electricity, long trips on gas, this is the most pragmatic response to market reality.

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell leads zero carbon. WEF300 is matched with 49-ton class heavy trucks for export to Europe, full chain independently controlled, hundreds of invention patents. This is Weichai's trump card betting on the "ultimate energy".

Alternative Fuel Internal Combustion Engine is low carbon and efficient. WP15DI hydrogen internal combustion engine is the world's first product to pass China VI certification, thermal efficiency 46.8%; WP17T methanol internal combustion engine saves 1.2 million yuan in fuel costs per mining equipment annually. Even without changing power form, Weichai can make traditional internal combustion engines "drink" clean fuel.

Intelligent Driving Assistance System reshapes operation paradigm. Mining unmanned vehicles achieve centimeter-level precise stopping, trunk line ADAS installation volume ranks first among Chinese heavy trucks. This marks that Weichai's competition dimension has extended from "power domain" to "data domain".

Five routes cover all energy possibilities from "today" to "day after tomorrow". This is not just technical reserve, but an active definition facing the future.

Vietnam, Why Here?

Placing such a heavyweight global debut in Vietnam is by no means accidental.

Southeast Asia is one of the regions with the fastest growth in global new energy commercial vehicles. Countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand are densely issuing clean freight support policies, while local energy supplement infrastructure is far from perfect. A single pure electric route does not adapt well here, hybrid, alternative fuel, micro-grid and other technology combinations find their place.

The deeper consideration is: This is Shandong Heavy Industry's "deep plowing Southeast Asia, radiating globally" strategic pivot. In the first half of 2026, the group's export revenue reached 62.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 33.4%. There are 55 trade platforms set up in 32 countries, more than 60 overseas factories, and more than 2,000 employees stationed overseas.

Hanoi exhibition is a test of this global network. Not coming to sell a few cars, but to demonstrate a capability: No matter where you lack electricity, charging piles, gas, or standards, Weichai can provide a complete solution.

From "Product Going Overseas" to "Industry Taking Root"

If carefully reviewing the trajectory of Shandong Heavy Industry's Global Partner Conferences from Astana to Hanoi, one will find a keyword appearing repeatedly: Scenarios.

Smart logistics, smart mining, smart agriculture, green energy, the 145 sets of products exhibited by Shandong Heavy Industry, each embedded into a specific operation scenario. Taking mining as an example: Weichai's methanol internal combustion engine saves fuel costs, Lovol Heavy Industry's unmanned mining trucks save labor, Shantui's intelligent bulldozers save scheduling. This is not a single-point breakthrough, but systematic cost reduction.

Taking smart warehousing as an example again: KION's AI smart warehouse space utilization rate increased by about 30%. This is no longer about a forklift or shelf, but a whole set of "warehousing operating system".

Customers buy not engines or batteries, but a transportation capacity plan that helps them make money. The ultimate goal of technology empowerment is not to make equipment more complex, but to make users more worry-free; the true meaning of beautiful equipment is not how beautiful the parameters are, but how cost-effective the operation is.

More worth noting is the localization layout. SINOTRUK opened an official authorized showroom in Libya, KD factories progressing synchronously; Zhongtong Bus built a localized service network in Saudi Arabia; Shantui landed KD projects in Uzbekistan... From exporting products to exporting capacity, brand, standards, Shandong Heavy Industry's globalization is entering a new stage of "deep localization".

A Battle Over "Definition Rights"

Global commercial vehicle electrification is accelerating differentiation. In 2025, global new energy pure electric freight vehicle sales broke 480,000 units, a year-on-year growth of about 67%, but penetration rate is only 12.3%. The market is far from solidified, everyone has a chance.

But opportunity does not equal victory. To stand out in the melee, three capabilities are needed: technical width, industry chain depth, globalization breadth.

Speaking of technical width, Weichai's five routes run in parallel, covering almost all known clean power forms. Among global mainstream commercial vehicle enterprises, those able to layout these five routes simultaneously are few.

Speaking of industry chain depth, from blade batteries, electric drive axles, integrated controllers, to fuel cell stacks, to ADAS algorithms, cloud control platforms, Weichai has built a complete chain "from mine to wheel". In other words, cost control, independent iteration.

Speaking of globalization breadth, 13 brands debuted together, guests from 62 countries gathered together, this is not "single soldier attack", but "army warfare". Weichai provides the heart, SINOTRUK and Shaanxi Automobile provide the body, Shantui and Lovol provide hands and feet, KION provides the brain, FAST Gear and Hend provide joints. "We Are One" is never just a slogan — it is the battle map of brand synergy, and also a commitment to global rooting.

Conclusion:

This Hanoi exhibition, on the surface is a product show, in its bones is a pre-emption of global energy transition discourse power.

Through five major technology routes, Weichai has sent a clear signal to the world: No matter how revolutionary the energy form is, as long as the wheels are still turning, Weichai can provide the best solution.

More importantly, it reveals Shandong Heavy Industry's deep strategic logic. It is not passively adapting to energy transition, but actively defining the pace of transition. From "I make what you use" to "What energy you have, what roads you run, I will configure what power for you", Weichai is completing the role leap from manufacturer to energy service provider.

As Wang Zhijian, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shandong Heavy Industry, said in his opening remarks: "Grasping the green and intelligent opportunities in the next five to ten years, we will have an infinitely broad future."

Hanoi is a brand new starting point. The true meaning of this "show" may need another five or ten years to be fully seen. But one thing is clear: on the global track of commercial vehicle green intelligent transformation, the Chinese solution is moving from "following" to "leading". When technology truly empowers equipment, and equipment truly serves beauty, this path can be walked and walked far.