The 2026 World Battery and Energy Storage Industry Expo will be held in Guangzhou in September, with an expected attendance of over 2000 exhibitors
The 2026 World Battery and Energy Storage Industry Expo, as well as the 11th Asia Pacific Battery Exhibition and Asia Pacific Energy Storage Exhibition (WBE2026), will be held from September 16th to 18th in Zone A of the China International Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou. According to the information released by the organizer, the planned exhibition area for this year's exhibition is 180000 square meters, and it is expected to gather more than 2000 exhibitors to showcase new products, technologies, and application solutions around the battery, energy storage, and related new energy industries.
After ten sessions of development, WBE has formed a professional exhibition platform with the battery and energy storage industry as its core. The 2026 exhibition will further expand the coverage of the industrial chain and form a linkage with new energy themed exhibitions such as photovoltaics and hydrogen energy, providing a platform for exhibition, exchange, and business cooperation for upstream and downstream enterprises, professional purchasers, and international merchants in the industry.
New technologies such as solid-state batteries and sodium batteries have made a concentrated appearance
From the scope of exhibits this year, diversified battery technology and new energy storage will become important highlights of the exhibition.
The exhibition will cover products such as power batteries, energy storage batteries, lithium-ion batteries, sodium ion batteries, solid-state and semi-solid batteries, supercapacitors, etc., and also extend to industrial chain links such as positive and negative electrode materials, electrolytes, separators, battery production equipment, testing equipment, modules, PACKs, etc.
The energy storage sector covers household energy storage, industrial and commercial energy storage, energy storage containers, portable energy storage, energy storage inverters BMS、EMS、 In the fields of safety and fire protection equipment, as well as energy storage system integration, it also involves application directions such as battery recycling and cascading utilization, integrated light storage, and charging and swapping.
From the layout of the exhibits, it can be seen that the display focus of the battery industry is further extending from traditional battery cells and manufacturing processes to new materials, energy storage systems, safety technologies, and comprehensive application scenarios of new energy.
Strengthen international procurement and expand overseas channels for battery energy storage enterprises
International trade integration is one of the key functions to be strengthened at this exhibition. According to the scale data currently released by the organizer, WBE2026 is expected to attract more than 15000 international buyers to participate. As the exhibition has not yet been held, this data belongs to the expected scale announced by the organizer.
At the same time as the exhibition, activities such as the 2026 China Battery Industry (Guangzhou) Summit Forum, the 4th China Battery and Energy Storage Industry Overseas International Trading Forum, enterprise new product launches, 2026 World Battery Night, and international buyer group factory inspections will also be held to further strengthen technical exchanges, supply-demand matching, and international trade cooperation.
As Chinese battery and energy storage companies accelerate their expansion into overseas markets, the functions of professional exhibitions are further extending from showcasing new products to procurement docking, channel expansion, and global supply chain cooperation. The continuous introduction of international procurement resources is expected to become an important focus of this year's WBE Guangzhou exhibition.
The exhibition forms a linkage with the development of Guangzhou's new energy industry
In recent years, Guangzhou has continued to layout new energy and new energy storage industries, accelerating the clustering of industrial projects in areas such as battery materials, energy storage equipment, system integration, and terminal applications.
In June of this year, the "Green Energy Valley" solid-state battery industry park in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area started construction in Huadu, Guangzhou. The project plan is to build an energy storage industry carrier that integrates research and development, pilot production, manufacturing, and recycling, and to connect the "materials battery cells application recycling" industry chain. Data shows that currently, over 70 new energy projects have been signed in the "Green Energy Valley" area of Huadu, and the output value of these projects will exceed 18 billion yuan by 2025.
At the same time, multiple new energy and new energy storage industry projects and research and development centers have been established in Nansha, Guangzhou, gradually covering core materials, battery manufacturing, energy storage systems, and terminal applications in the industrial chain.
In the context of this industry, WBE2026 has landed in Guangzhou, not only providing a centralized display and procurement trading platform for battery and energy storage enterprises, but also further strengthening the connection between professional exhibitions and the local new energy industry chain.
Based on the currently announced exhibition content,Solid state batteries, sodium ion batteries, new energy storage, industrial chain collaboration, and international market expansionThis will become the main direction worth paying attention to at this exhibition. As the September extension approaches, WBE2026 will also become an important window to observe the technological iteration and market demand changes in the battery and energy storage industry.
Exhibition Name: 2026 World Battery and Energy Storage Industry Expo and the 11th Asia Pacific Battery Exhibition and Asia Pacific Energy Storage Exhibition
Exhibition time: September 16-18, 2026
Exhibition location: Zone A of Guangzhou China Import and Export Commodity Fair Exhibition Center
Planned area: 180000 square meters
Expected scale: 2000+exhibitors
Key areas: Power batteries, energy storage batteries, solid-state batteries, sodium batteries, battery materials and equipment, energy storage systems and industrial supporting facilities
