The 2026 Global Low-Carbon Industry Forum was held in Shenzhen on September 15, 2026, under the theme "Making the Most of Every Ray, Powering the Unpowered." Co-hosted by the Global Solar Council, China Energy Research Society, World Alliance for Low Carbon Cities, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School and Huawei Digital Power, the forum examined how grid-forming technology and AI can support the global energy transition. Hou Jinlong, a member of the board of Huawei and President of Huawei Digital Power, said decarbonization, electrification, digitalization and intelligence are long-term trends, while regional priorities range from grid security and affordable supply to inclusive electricity access. Speakers discussed energy storage markets, AI data centers as grid-supportive loads, programmable power systems and Huawei's FusionSolar Agent. The forum highlighted Europe's first megawatt-level grid-forming test and the MTerra Solar Grid-Forming PV+ESS project in the Philippines, whose first phase entered commercial operations on August 26, 2026. Participants jointly launched the Global Joint Initiative on Grid Forming & AI to promote wider standardization and deployment and help address the electricity-access gap affecting about 700 million people worldwide.