Visitors to SNEC, the world’s largest solar exhibition, could be forgiven for mistaking it for a battery storage convention. Panels were still on show, but this year, energy storage filled much of the floor, paired with power-solution showrooms, solar-storage demonstrations and zero-carbon park simulations. The shift, executives at the Shanghai event said, signals an industry moving beyond manufacturing toward integrated services — and higher-value business — as it tries to escape a punishing downturn at home.

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