Building a New Pillar for Strategic Growth: Shandong Heavy Industry Launches Its Seventh Business Segment—Power & Energy

On January 15, at Shandong Heavy Industry Group’s 2026 Annual Work Conference, the Group officially unveiled its seventh business segment—Power & Energy —strengthening the foundation for its future sustainable competitive advantage and steady, high-quality growth.

Shandong Heavy Industry’s Power & Energy segment focuses on data-center generator sets and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) as its core businesses, while extending across the value chain to include sound-attenuated enclosures , switchgear cabinets, and power station systems. It covers key scenarios such as data centers, oilfields and mines, inland waterway and marine applications, and power grids, providing global customers with integrated power solutions that are safe and reliable, efficient and low-carbon, and intelligent and flexible.

Rapid advances in AI are driving explosive growth in AI data centers, with energy demand rising exponentially. Distributed energy solutions—especially power generation technologies capable of rapid deployment—are seeing major opportunities. The IEA forecasts that global electricity consumption by data centers will rise to approximately 945 TWh by 2030, more than doubling from 2024.

As early as 2009, Weichai Power acquired France’s Baudouin, entering the large-bore engine sector and expanding Baudouin’s product portfolio from marine power to hybrid power, gas engines and power generation. In 2018, Weichai Power made a strategic investment in the UK-based Ceres , a world-leading SOFC supplier, and the two parties have jointly advanced SOFC product R&D and scenario-based commercialization. 　　

In data-center power generation, Weichai has completed product coverage for 1,250–5,000 kWe generator sets and launched the world’s first 5 MW high-speed diesel generator set powered by the 20M61 engine, ranking No. 1 globally in power density. Key indicators such as starting capability and load acceptance have reached world-class levels. In fuel-cell power generation, Weichai’s SOFC power generation system has obtained EU CE certification. Weichai has also completed its next-generation high-power SOFC power-generation product lineup, achieving peak electrical efficiency of over 65% and a start-up time of less than 6 hours, with overall technology reaching an internationally leading level. 　　

In 2025, Shandong Heavy Industry’s sales of data-center power generation equipment increased 259% year-on-year, with the Group’s Power & Energy business ranking among the top three globally. For data-center generator sets, Weichai has established partnerships with leading domestic and international internet companies, carriers, and data-center colocation providers (COLO). For SOFC, Weichai released the world’s first commercialized high-power metal-supported SOFC product, with multiple demonstration projects already in stable operation. Weichai’s first 100 kW SOFC power generation product has achieved commercial application with Weifang Energy Group, marking a phased breakthrough. Another 100 kW SOFC unit was successfully delivered to State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) for China’s first SOFC distributed energy project in the public health service sector. To date, demonstration projects have accumulated nearly 70,000 operating hours.

At the confluence of industrial transformation and energy transition, Shandong Heavy Industry’s Power & Energy segment—backed by more than a decade of forward-looking deployment, powered by globally leading technologies, and supported by market-benchmark achievements—is accelerating toward the goal of becoming a core strategic growth engine for the Group and securing a firm position among the world’s first-tier players in the industry.