多元协同聚势绿色转型 多能互补共筑能源新生态——2026世界新能源新材料大会在内蒙古鄂尔多斯开幕Diverse Collaboration to Gather Momentum for Green Transformation, Multi-Energy Complementarity to Jointly Build a New Energy Ecosystem — The 2026 World New Energy and New Materials Conference Opens in Ordos, Inner Mongolia

On October 12, the 2026 World New Energy and New Materials Conference opened in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, under the theme "Diverse Collaboration, Multiple Energy Complementarity — Co-creating a New Global Energy Ecology." Representatives from government, industry, academia, and research sectors at home and abroad gathered together to discuss major plans for the energy revolution, explore pathways for green transformation, and chart a new chapter of industrial integration.

The opening ceremony was hosted by Wu Jianxun, Vice Mayor of the Ordos Municipal People's Government. He stated that energy security is a “national priority” concerning the country's economy and people's livelihood. As an important national base for energy and strategic resources, Ordos is implementing the 15th Five-Year Plan for the construction of the national renewable energy system, focusing on building an advanced and adaptable renewable energy technology infrastructure system, a strong and resilient energy security system, and a green and low-carbon energy consumption system, continuously deepening the energy revolution. This conference provides a high-end platform for dialogue and exchange, gathers global innovative resources, focuses on technological breakthroughs and industrial collaboration, and will inject strong momentum into the development of strategic emerging industrial clusters in renewable energy and new materials.

Fang Zeyong, Deputy Secretary of the Ordos Municipal Party Committee and Acting Mayor, summarized the city's transformation trajectory as 'three major events witnessing three leaps.' On the energy supply side, coal production and sales, as well as natural gas production and outbound volume, rank first in the country. Four large-scale 'Shagehuang' bases with capacities of tens of millions of kilowatts have been launched, and the scale of renewable energy grid integration has increased ninefold. On the industrial side, the modern coal chemical industry cluster was selected as a national advanced manufacturing cluster, and the entire chain of wind, solar, hydrogen, and energy storage vehicles is accelerating development. On the economic side, the regional GDP has achieved a leap into the trillion-yuan range, with per capita GDP maintaining the top position nationally. Looking towards the '15th Five-Year Plan,' the city will continue to practice the new concept of green development, build a new model for integrated efficiency improvement, tackle cutting-edge core technologies, and create a new ecosystem for open cooperation. By the end of the '15th Five-Year Plan,' it aims to establish a renewable energy installed capacity of hundreds of gigawatts, fully open up a second growth curve, and create a national demonstration model for multi-energy integrated industries.

Xiao Mengzhu, a project officer at the International Renewable Energy Agency, interprets energy transition trends from a global perspective. She pointed out that renewable energy has evolved from a policy option for addressing climate change into a core strategic force for ensuring energy security, promoting industrial upgrading, and enhancing economic competitiveness. Although global renewable energy development continues to set new records, achieving the 2030 targets proposed in the 'Abu Dhabi Consensus' still faces challenges such as weak grid infrastructure and insufficient system flexibility. Electrification is becoming the core driving force of the global energy transition. The International Renewable Energy Agency has launched the '35×35' global electrification initiative to increase the share of electricity in final energy consumption to 35% by 2035, and China is expected to achieve this target ahead of schedule.

In the keynote report session, the Executive Chairman of the conference and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wu Qiang, proposed the judgment that 'the boundaries of renewable energy are essentially the boundaries of materials.' He stated that the performance limits of energy equipment ultimately depend on the temperature tolerance, corrosion resistance, and cycle life that materials can withstand. Unlike the rapid iteration of software, critical materials often require decades from basic research to industrial application, with pilot production involving large investment, long cycles, and high uncertainty, demanding patient capital and long-term commitment. Sun Zhengyun, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the China Energy Research Society, in his report titled 'New Energy Systems and New Power Systems,' pointed out that new power systems are characterized by a high proportion of renewable energy integration, and their operating mode is shifting from the traditional 'generation follows load' to a three-level coordination of main grid, distribution network, and microgrid, with diverse interactions among generation, grid, load, and storage.

The reports by academicians and experts cover multiple dimensions including system construction, resource assurance, practical pathways, and frontier technologies. Su Xuebin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chief Scientist of China National Nuclear Corporation, shared the practice of the 'Guoyou-1' uranium-coal collaborative development. Based on the resource endowment of uranium-coal superposition in Ordos, China has innovatively developed a technology system of 'uranium first, coal later, temporal-spatial avoidance' and adopted an environmentally friendly leaching process using carbon dioxide and oxygen, establishing a thousand-ton-level demonstration mine with resource recovery rate, environmental standards, and automation level reaching international leading standards. Jin Zhijun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, demonstrated the multi-energy complementary value through pilot projects such as zero-carbon airports and zero-carbon mines. His projects use carbon dioxide as the working medium for efficient heat-to-cold conversion, coupled with geothermal energy storage to reduce system costs, achieving more than 95% emission reduction efficiency. Wang Zhonglin, academician and recipient of the Einstein World Science Award, proposed the concept of 'high-entropy energy.' His team invented a triboelectric nanogenerator that can convert low-frequency, low-amplitude mechanical energy into electricity, realizing 'generation and consumption on-site.'

In the keynote speech session, central energy enterprises and leading companies shared frontline practices. Si Weiguo, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd., stated that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, Huaneng will focus on three main directions: multi-energy integration demonstrations, clean transformation of traditional energy, and independent research on core technologies, and will promote key projects such as the Kubuqi Desert New Energy Base with high quality. Fu Zhenbang, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, pointed out that they will advance the construction of a ten-million-kilowatt-class desert and wasteland renewable energy base to high standards, promote the coordinated development of the entire coal-to-electricity industry chain, and achieve a renewable energy installed capacity proportion of over 50% by 2030. Wang Xinwei, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Three Gorges Corporation, introduced that the Three Gorges Group is building a pattern of 'hydropower as the foundation, wind and solar power concurrently, and multi-energy complementarity' in Inner Mongolia, and is exploring a new development model for desert and wasteland areas based on 'power generation on the panels, restoration under the panels, and planting and breeding between the panels'.

At the conference, a batch of major innovative technology achievements was simultaneously released on-site, covering multiple directions such as coal-based coupling, green electricity conversion, and new materials. Among them, the technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel from carbon dioxide hydrogenation, developed by the Ordos Laboratory in collaboration with Wei Fei's team from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Tsinghua University, received significant attention. This technology uses green hydrogen produced from green electricity to synthesize full-component jet fuel from carbon dioxide. Currently, a 10,000-ton pilot plant has been established, and a 100,000-ton industrial project is being accelerated, providing a brand-new solution for deep decarbonization in the aviation industry.

[Source: China Energy News]

[Editor: Xiaoneng]