Huaihe Energy Group Ramps Up Investment in Emerging Industries to Build New Energy System

Huaihe Energy Group has been focusing on building a new energy system in 2026, adhering to a development orientation of innovation and transformation. In the first quarter of this year, the group achieved remarkable results in emerging industries, with an investment of 1.24 billion yuan in strategic emerging industries, a year-on-year increase of 59%, laying a solid foundation for its high-quality development and the construction of a new energy system.

Securities Times reports that Huaihe Energy Group has been accelerating its strategic transformation, taking the development of emerging industries as a key starting point to optimize its industrial structure and enhance its core competitiveness. As an important energy enterprise in Anhui Province, the group has always adhered to the concept of green and low-carbon development, actively responding to the national call for energy transformation.

To seek intellectual support and plan new development tracks, Huaihe Energy Group has established a High-end Think Tank by setting up the Emerging Industries Development Research Institute. The institute has gathered "national-level" research resources, including China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (CIECC), China Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute (EPPEI), and relevant research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Meanwhile, it has deepened the integration of intelligence and industry with universities such as Hefei University of Technology, Shanghai University of Electric Power, and Anhui University of Science and Technology, striving to build a high-end industry think tank.

Xinhua News Agency points out that CIECC has long been committed to providing professional consulting services in the energy field, playing an important role in promoting the high-quality development of the energy industry. The institute focuses on key directions such as the new energy system, integrated energy, new energy storage, hydrogen energy, green hydrogen-ammonia-alcohol-oil, new coal chemical industry, new materials, and ecological environmental protection, providing cutting-edge support for the group's strategic decision-making.

Focusing on ten key areas, Huaihe Energy Group adopts a "one industry, one policy" approach to promote green transformation. Closely following the main line of strategic transformation and development, the group advances industrial structure optimization and green and low-carbon transformation around ten key fields, including emerging industries, digital intelligence technology, and coal industry transformation and upgrading, striving to improve the high-end, intelligent and green level of the industrial chain.

Digital-intelligent integration has become a key driving force for the group's transformation and upgrading. Huaihe Energy Group has deepened cooperation with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. to explore the establishment of a joint innovation center. Securities Times reports that on April 22, 2026, Huaihe Energy Holding Group and Huawei held a signing ceremony for in-depth cooperation in Shenzhen, and jointly inaugurated the "Huaihe Energy-Huawei Intelligent Mine Joint Innovation Center".

Focusing on the application of "artificial intelligence +", the two parties will strengthen scenario development and cooperation in key areas such as smart mines, smart power plants, smart stations, and zero-carbon park construction, collaborating to build a demonstration benchmark for the digital transformation of the energy industry. This cooperation will empower the upgrading of traditional industries and the cultivation of new formats through digital technology, helping the group achieve leapfrog development in digital intelligence.

The joint innovation center will focus on five major directions, including the digital transformation of Huaihe Energy, the intelligent and green upgrading of coal mines, the R&D and application of artificial intelligence technology, the innovation of digital intelligence technology industry, and talent training, covering more than ten key contents. It aims to lead the high-quality development of the energy industry through technological innovation and industrial integration.

With its unremitting efforts in building a new energy system, promoting green transformation and deepening digital-intelligent integration, Huaihe Energy Group has continuously enhanced its core competitiveness. The group’s investment in emerging industries in the first quarter has laid a solid foundation for its annual development, demonstrating its determination and strength in responding to energy transformation and promoting high-quality development.