On April 15th, 2026 FerroAlloyNet 21st Vanadium Products Forum & V-Battery Energy Storage Conference was grandly opened. Hundreds of enterprise representatives, experts, scholars and industry elites from the national vanadium industry chain and flow battery energy storage field gathered in Chengdu. 

At 1 p.m. on the afternoon of the 15th, the lobby of the conference hotel was filled with warmth. Representatives from participating companies arrived one after another, and an orderly queue formed at the registration desk, where staff warmly handed out conference materials. While reviewing the materials, the representatives chatted and exchanged pleasantries with their colleagues. Many company leaders exchanged business cards and added each other on WeChat, quietly igniting sparks of potential collaboration.

On the evening of April 15th, the Pangang Group's Welcome Dinner and the 2025 Vanadium Industry Outstanding Supplier Award Ceremony & the First Vanadium Industry Badminton Championship Award Ceremony were grandly held in the banquet hall of the conference center. Leading enterprises from the upstream and downstream of the vanadium industry chain across the country, industry experts, and badminton players gathered together to enjoy this evening filled with glory and warmth.

Then we also have the 2025 Vanadium Industry Outstanding Supplier Awards Ceremony. This ceremony featured the following awards: Top-Quality Suppliers of AMV/APV in 2025, Top-Quality Suppliers of Vanadium Pentoxide Powder in 2025, Top-Quality Suppliers of Vanadium Pentoxide Flake in 2025, Top-Quality Suppliers of Ferrovanadium in 2025, Top-Quality Suppliers of Vanadium-nitrogen alloy in 2025, Benchmark Enterprises for High-quality Vanadium Battery Industry in 2025, Leading companies in Key Vanadium Battery Materials in 2025, Best Partner in the Vanadium Battery Industry Chain in 2025.

On April 16th, 2026 FerroAlloyNet 21st Vanadium Products Forum & V-Battery Energy Storage Conference, officially kicked off with keynote speeches! 

"Opportunities and Challenges for China's Vanadium Market in 2026," Yang Xiongfei, Marketing Director of Panzhihua Iron & Steel Group Chengdu Vanadium & Titanium Resources Development Co., Ltd., systematically reviewed the industry's status in 2025 and outlined the opportunities and challenges for the new year. He pointed out that in 2025, China's vanadium production reached 163,900 tons, accounting for 72.4% of global production; the proportion of vanadium used for energy storage rose from 4.0% in 2021 to 20.0%, indicating a fundamental change in consumption structure, with the proportion of vanadium used in steel decreasing to 70.9%. By 2026, the development of China's vanadium market will present both opportunities and challenges. National Document No. 114 explicitly states that "duration determines value," which is beneficial to long-duration energy storage, with an estimated 4-5 GWh of new vanadium energy storage capacity added throughout the year. On the resource side, new vanadium extraction capacity from vanadium slag is coming online, but raw material supply is tightening. On the demand side, steel uses approximately 92,000-95,000 tons of vanadium, energy storage uses 32,000-40,000 tons, and some lithium battery cathode materials use 2,000-2,500 tons of vanadium. There may be an increase in demand in the international market, but there is considerable uncertainty regarding imports.

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On April 17th, the grand finale of the 2026 FerroAlloyNet 21st Vanadium Products Forum & V-Battery Energy Storage Conference—a visit to Sichuan V-LiQuid Energy Co., Ltd.—took place as scheduled on a late spring afternoon.

The first stop for the delegates was the construction site of the Sichuan V-LiQuid 100 MW/400 MWh vanadium redox flow battery energy storage power station. This power station is currently the largest and most technologically advanced grid-type vanadium redox flow battery energy storage power station in Southwest China. The project has a total investment of 1.4 billion yuan, covering an area of 44.52 acres, and is located in Tuzhu Town, Shizhong District, Leshan City, connected to the Foguang substation. This project was selected as one of the first batch of new energy storage demonstration projects in Sichuan Province (recognized in May 2024) and included in the list of key projects in Sichuan Province for 2025. It has also received funding support from the 2025 ultra-long-term special national debt. The project is scheduled for completion in June 2026, mainly for grid-side energy storage. After commissioning, it can participate in grid peak shaving, frequency regulation, and capacity leasing, absorbing 140 million kWh of new energy annually, reducing CO2emissions by 139,500 tons, effectively alleviating the operational pressure on the Leshan power grid, and promoting the optimization of the regional energy structure.

The second stop  is the new Leshan plant of V-LiQuid. The new plant covers 120 acres and is V-LiQuid's key flow battery equipment manufacturing base, developed in recent years. In November 2025, the first phase of the park achieved its first power transmission, and the intelligent fuel cell stack production line officially entered the trial operation stage. Stepping into the fuel cell stack assembly workshop, the automated production equipment and orderly core component assembly process impressed the representatives, giving them a direct feel for the company's core technological strength and large-scale production capacity. It was introduced that V-LiQuid not only masters core technologies but also actively participates in the formulation of multiple national-level flow battery industry standards. Its world-first laser welding fully sealed process for fuel cell stacks and key materials for weldable integrated bipolar plates have reached the leading level in China and the advanced level in the world. The company has cumulatively organized and implemented flow battery energy storage projects with a capacity of over 1.2 GWh.