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Ping An Reports Stable Growth in Operating Profit Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Company in 2024, Net Profit Attributable to Shareholders of the Parent Company Surges 47.8% YoY

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HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter “Ping An” or the “Group”, HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2024.

In 2024, China’s domestic economy was generally stable with a positive long-term economic outlook. However, China still faced short- and medium-term challenges including lackluster domestic demand, volatile markets, and insufficient confidence amid a complex and uncertain external environment. Facing the opportunities and challenges, Ping An adhered to a people-centered approach and focused on its core financial businesses, pushing forward its technology-enabled “integrated finance + health and senior care” dual-driver strategy. With solid fundamentals and rebounding core businesses, Ping An achieved high-quality development characterized by steady progress, deepened strategy, and reform and innovation.

Ping An’s operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company increased 9.1% year on year to RMB121,862 million and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company rose 47.8% year on year to RMB126,607 million in 2024. Revenue was RMB1,141,346 million, up 10.6% year on year. Ping An plans to pay a final dividend of RMB1.62 per share in cash for 2024. The full-year cash dividend will be RMB2.55 per share, up 5% year on year. The cash dividend payout ratio based on operating profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company will be 37.9%, with total dividends increasing for 13 consecutive years.

In addition, according to the announcement by the Board of Directors of Ping An, the tenures of Mr. Ng Sing Yip, Mr. Chu Yiyun and Mr. Liu Hong as Independent Non-executive Directors are coming to an end, and Mr. Hong Xiaoyuan (“Mr. Hong”), Mr. Song Xianzhong (“Mr. Song”) and Mr. Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas (“Mr. Chan”) have been nominated as candidates for Independent Non-executive Directors of the 13th session of the Board. Mr. Hong is a Senior Economist, previously served as Assistant to General Manager of China Merchants Group Limited and General Manager of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited. Mr. Hong is currently a member of Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group and the Chairman of Supervisory Committee of China Reform Foundation. Mr. Song holds a Doctorate degree in Public Finance. He is currently an Executive Director of the Accounting Society of China and a former President of Jinan University. Mr. Chan is a qualified solicitor. He is currently a Deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the National People’s Congress and also a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group. The proposed appointments shall become effective upon the approval from the shareholders at the annual general meeting and the National Financial Regulatory Administration.

Ping An continued to strengthen its “integrated finance + health and senior care” strategy. The Group has built financial solutions of “one customer, multiple accounts, multiple products, and one-stop services.” In this way, Ping An delivers “worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving” service experience to customers, driving continuous growth in the number of retail customers, contracts per customer and profit per customer. The number of Ping An’s retail customers was 242 million as of December 31, 2024, up 4.7% from the beginning of the year. 25.6% of them held four or more contracts within the Group, with a retention rate of 98.0%. Nearly 63% of Ping An’s 242 million retail customers were entitled to service benefits in the health and senior care ecosystem as of December 31, 2024. Customers entitled to service benefits in the health and senior care ecosystem contributed about 70% of Ping An Life’s NBV.

Self-developed vertical large AI models enabled the accelerating development of the ecosystems. Ping An focused on developing core technologies and securing proprietary intellectual property rights. The Group cumulatively filed 55,080 patent applications as of December 31, 2024, leading most international financial and healthcare institutions. Ping An established its competitive moat by building industry-leading five laboratories and nine databases, and establishing a three-level large model system, further integrating large models with business application scenarios.

Building Core Competitive Moat Through the Integrated Finance Model; Enhancing Customer Development. 

Life & Health NBV surged and business quality improved steadily. In 2024, Life & Health NBV amounted to RMB28,534 million, up 28.8% year on year on a like-for-like basis. Ping An Life significantly improved persistency ratios in 2024, with 13-month persistency ratio up 3.6 pps year on year, and 25-month persistency ratio up 3.9 pps year on year.

Ping An Life enhanced multi-channel professional sales capabilities. The Company continued to deepen transformation and significantly improved the performance and productivity of its agency channel. In 2024, agent channel NBV on a like-for-like basis grew 26.5% year on year and NBV per agent surged 43.3% year on year. Agent income increased 5.9% to RMB10,395 per agent per month.

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Bancassurance channel focused on value-driven operations with NBV rising 62.7% year on year in 2024. Operational efficiency was boosted by increasing high-quality partner outlets. Ping An Life continuously developed the community finance channel. The 13-month persistency ratio of orphan policies within community finance networks improved by 5.7 pps year on year in 2024, with NBV up by nearly 300% year on year. Ping An Life had built elite teams of nearly 24,000 “high-competence, high-performing, and high-quality” agents as of December 31, 2024. Innovative channels including bancassurance and community finance contributed 18.7% of Ping An Life’s NBV in 2024.

“Insurance + service” offerings are gaining traction. In products, Ping An Life actively implemented China’s new “Ten National Guidelines” for the insurance industry to meet customer demands for diverse insurance products, delved deeper into insurance protection, pension and wealth management markets, and actively built its business presence in inclusive insurance. In services, Ping An Life continuously upgraded its health and senior care service system and provided health management services to over 21 million customers in 2024. Over 160,000 customers were qualified for Ping An’s home-based senior care services, which covered 75 cities nationwide as of December 31, 2024. Ping An had unveiled premium health and senior care communities in five cities as of December 31, 2024, which are currently under construction. The communities in Shanghai and Shenzhen are scheduled to open for business in the second half of 2025.

Ping An P&C maintained steady revenue growth and good business quality. Its insurance revenue rose by 4.7% year on year to RMB328,146 million in 2024. Net profit grew by 67.7% year on year to RMB15,021 million. Overall COR was 98.3%, improved by 2.3 pps year on year in 2024. Auto insurance’s COR was 98.1%, consistently better than the market average. The Company was honored as “No.1 Brand” in China’s auto insurance market by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for 14 consecutive years. Ping An P&C explored the new model of “insurance + technology + service” for improving the quality and efficiency of the real economy. The Company provided RMB220 trillion worth of insurance coverage for 2.40 million small and micro-enterprises, and provided RMB9 trillion worth of insurance coverage for 69 thousand technology companies in 2024. To improve service quality and efficiency via risk reduction, Ping An P&C independently developed Digital Risk System 3.0 (“DRS 3.0”) which issued a total of 10.55 billion alerts on typhoons, rainstorms, floods and other disasters to 67.34 million retail and corporate customers in 2024.

Ping An delivered excellent insurance funds investment results, ranking among the top in the market. The Group’s insurance funds investment portfolio grew 21.4% from the beginning of 2024 to over RMB5.73 trillion as of December 31, 2024. The insurance funds investment portfolio achieved a comprehensive investment yield of 5.8% in 2024, up 2.2 pps year on year, marking a forefront of the market by investment income. Life & Health achieved a comprehensive investment yield of 6.0%, up 2.4 pps year on year. The portfolio achieved a 5.0% average net investment yield and a 5.1% average comprehensive investment yield over the past decade.

Ping An Bank maintained steady business performance and stable overall asset quality. The Bank’s net profit amounted to RMB44,508 million in 2024. It continuously served the real economy, with corporate loan balance growing 12.4% from the beginning of 2024 as of December 31, 2024. Ping An Bank continuously strengthened risk management, and maintained adequate risk provisions. Non-performing loan ratio and provision coverage ratio were 1.06% and 250.71% respectively as of December 31, 2024. Retail AUM rose 4.0% from the beginning of 2024 to RMB4,194,074 million, and retail deposit balance grew 6.6% from the beginning of 2024 to RMB1,287,180 million as of December 31, 2024.

Promoting the Development of the Health and Senior Care Ecosystem; Leveraging Differential Advantages to Empower Core Businesses.

Leveraging over ten years of operational and management experience in insurance and health care industries, Ping An enhanced the coordinated operations of business lines including insurance, health care, investment and technology. Ping An has built a service system including an online flagship medical platform and proprietary medical institutions to empower retail financial customers and corporate clients. Acting for payers and integrating providers, Ping An provides the most cost-effective health and senior care services via professional family doctors and senior care concierges.

Ping An built differential advantages thanks to remarkable progress in “finance + health care services” and “finance + senior care services”. The Group has developed a full-spectrum product and service system to meet customers’ full-lifecycle needs. Nearly 63% of Ping An’s retail customers were entitled to service benefits in the health and senior care ecosystem as of December 31, 2024. They held approximately 3.37 contracts and RMB59.9 thousand in AUM per capita, 1.6 times and 3.8 times those held by retail customers not entitled to these service benefits respectively. In respect of “finance + health care services”, nearly 79% of Ping An Life’s newly-enrolled customers used health management services in 2024. Ping An provides health management programs to the employees of corporate clients via “commercial insurance + health care fund + health care service” products. Nearly 67,000 corporate clients and their 29 million plus employees were served in 2024. In respect of “finance + senior care services”, Ping An contracted over 150 home-based senior care service providers and launched hundreds of 10-dimensional home-based senior care service benefits as of December 31, 2024. Ping An continuously built the alliances centering on “medical care, nursing, housing and entertainment,” the four major senior care scenarios. The model meets different senior groups’ home-based care needs under a standard product and service framework.

Ping An developed an online flagship medical platform and proprietary medical institutions to optimize “online, in-store, in-home and in-company” services. Ping An Health (also known as Ping An Good Doctor) is an integral part of Ping An Group’s “insurance + health care” synergistic model. The Company, centering on family doctor membership and senior care concierge services, developed a one-stop “health and senior care” services platform. It achieved RMB4,808 million in revenue and RMB81 million in net profit in 2024. The number of “Ping An Family Doctor” members exceeded 14 million, with an average of five uses per member in 2024. PKU Healthcare Group’s revenue continued to grow to approximately RMB5.51 billion in 2024. Peking University International Hospital’s revenue exceeded RMB2.48 billion. In partner networks, Ping An partnered with all top 100 hospitals and 3A hospitals, over 104,000 health management institutions, and approximately 235,000 pharmacies (over 35% of all pharmacies) in China as of December 31, 2024. Ping An had one of the world’s largest health care databases, enabled precise diagnosis of over 5,000 diseases, and proactively built a leading remote consultation and treatment platform as of December 31, 2024.

Customer-Oriented, Self-Developed Vertical Large AI Models Enabled Ecosystem Development.

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Technology enabled finance, health and senior care ecosystems and advanced digital transformation. Ping An cumulatively won 30 championships in domestic and overseas AI competitions and cumulatively filed 55,080 patent applications as of December 31, 2024, leading most international financial institutions. Ping An accumulated vast amounts of data that can be used to train large models, and continuously developed vertical large models for domains including finance, health and senior care. With 30 trillion bytes of data, a domain data corpus containing 3.2 trillion tokens, approximately 310 thousand hours of labeled speeches and over 7.5 billion images, Ping An’s large speech models, large language models, and large vision models have achieved industry-leading accuracy rates in scenarios. Ping An’s three financial databases and five health care databases rank among the world’s largest financial and health care databases. Digging deep into business scenarios, Ping An accelerated the development of its ecosystems by extensively applying its large models to 85 scenarios across the Group to support the “integrate finance + health and senior care” strategy.

In digital finance, technology enabled finance business by improving efficiency, cutting costs and managing risks. The volume of services provided by Ping An’s AI service representatives reached about 1.84 billion times, accounting for 80% of Ping An’s total customer service volume in 2024. Via smart underwriting, smart claim settlement, and smart renewal, 93% of Ping An Life’s policies were underwritten within seconds. 56% of life insurance claims were settled through Smart Quick Claim, and 27% more life insurance policies were reinstated. Claims savings of Ping An P&C via smart fraud detection grew 10.4% year on year to RMB11.94 billion as Ping An continuously strengthened risk management. In respect of health care, Ping An delivered China’s leading health and senior care solutions via digital enablement. Ping An Health built a large multi-modal model and 12 AI-driven models. These initiatives promoted whole-process AI enablement in medical business scenarios, improving the service efficiency of “Ping An Family Doctor” by about 62%. Ping An Health independently developed an AI-based medical system, with medical expertise covering over 2,000 diseases, an AI-powered recommendation accuracy rate of 99%, and an assisted diagnosis accuracy rate above 95%.

Ping An rode on the green development trend and fulfilled its social responsibilities actively. As of December 31, 2024, the Group’s cumulative investment in supporting the real economy was nearly RMB10.14 trillion. The green investment of insurance funds and the green loan balance reached RMB124,712 million and RMB157,762 million respectively. In 2024, the green insurance premium income amounted to RMB58,608 million and funds provided for rural industrial vitalization totaled RMB52,014 million. Ping An rose to AA in MSCI ESG ratings in 2024, ranking No.1 in the multi-line insurance and brokerage industry in Asia-Pacific for three consecutive years.

Looking Ahead to 2025, Advancing a Comprehensive Digitalization Strategy and Seizing New Growth Drivers. 

2025 is the final year of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan. The external environment is still complex and severe while domestic growth momentum still needs to be strengthened in the short term. However, the favorable conditions for and fundamental trend of China’s positive long-term outlook have not changed. Ping An’s financial, health and senior care businesses have new huge growth momentum. Ping An understands customer needs, recognizing the strong demand for diverse financial services, the vast potential in the health care sector, and the growing desire for high-quality senior care services. Ping An’s “integrated finance + health and senior care” strategy has a great prospect. Ping An will further focus on core financial businesses and enhance customer development to effectively improve customer acquisition, activation, migration and retention, driving steady growth in the number of retail customers, contracts per customer and profit per customer. Moreover, Ping An will unlock more synergies to advance the “worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving” value proposition. Seizing market opportunities from the downward cycle of liabilities, Ping An will accelerate the development of its core financial businesses, fully leverage the advantages of insurance funds to strengthen financial support for building a technologically advanced nation, and fulfill the responsibility of “patient capital”. Promoting technology enablement, Ping An will accelerate the deep integration of AI and big data platforms to start a new chapter of its comprehensive digitalization strategy. Leveraging its first-mover advantage in previous basic research and development and business applications, Ping An is developing five major systems, namely “digital business, digital operations, digital management, digital marketing, and digital services.” Ping An strives to provide “the most professional financial advisory, family doctor, and senior care concierge” services via an “online, in-store, in-home and in-company” health and senior care network. In this way, Ping An will further sharpen its cutting edge of applying AI to digital finance and health and senior care.

Look ahead to 2025, Ping An will fully implement the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee’s decisions and deployment for economic work in 2025, study and understand the spirit of the “Two Sessions” and the key points of the government work report, seek progress while maintaining stability, and adhere to the fundamental mission of serving the real economy. Ping An will firmly implement its business policy of “focusing on core businesses, boosting revenue and cutting costs, advancing reform and innovation, and preventing risks” and further advance its technology-enabled “integrated finance + health and senior care” dual-driver strategy. The Group will advance its comprehensive digital transformation and “worry-free, time-saving, and money-saving” value proposition. Ping An will bolster five key financial sectors (i.e., technology finance, green finance, inclusive finance, pension finance, and digital finance), contributing to the growth of China into a financial powerhouse.

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APPENDIX – BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR CANDIDATES

Mr. Hong Xiaoyuan

Independent Non-executive
Director Candidate

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Aged 62

 

Other major offices

Mr. Hong is currently an Independent Director of Postal
Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. and Bank of Hangzhou
Co., Ltd., a Director of CNIC Corporation Limited, as well
as a member of Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group
of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the
Chairman of Supervisory Committee of China Reform
Foundation.

 

Past offices

Mr. Hong previously served as Assistant to General
Manager of China Merchants Group Limited, a Director of
China Merchants Holdings (Hong Kong) Company Limited,
General Manager of China Merchants Finance Holdings
Co., Ltd., a Director of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., a
Director of China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd., Chairman
of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited,
Chairman of Bosera Asset Management Co., Limited, a
Director (Executive) of the Executive Committee of the
China Merchants Financial Group/Platform, Chairman of
China Merchants Capital Investments Co., Ltd., Chairman
of China Merchants United Development Company Limited,
Chairman of China Merchants Innovation Investment
Management Co., Ltd., Chairman of the Board of China
Merchants China Direct Investments Limited, General
Manager of China Merchants Technology Holdings Co.,
Ltd., Deputy General Manager of China Merchants Shekou
Industrial Zone Co., Ltd. etc.


Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Master’s degree in
Economics from Peking University

Master’s degree in Science from Australian National University

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Senior Economist

Mr. Song Xianzhong

Independent Non-executive
Director Candidate

Aged 61

 

Other major offices

Mr. Song is currently a professor at the Department of
Accounting of Jinan University and an Executive Director of
the Accounting Society of China.

 

Past offices

Mr. Song served as the former President and Deputy
Secretary of the Party Committee of Jinan University.
Before then, he had successively held a teaching position
at the Department of Industrial Economics of Hunan
University of Finance and Economics and the Department
of Accounting of Jinan University, and served as the Vice
Dean of the School of Management of Jinan University, the
Director of the Development Planning Office, the Assistant
to the President and the Vice President of Jinan University.

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Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Financial Accounting from
Hunan University of Finance and Economics

Master’s degree in Accounting and Doctorate degree in
Public Finance from Southwestern University of Finance
and Economics

Mr. Chan Hiu Fung Nicholas

Independent Non-executive
Director Candidate

Aged 51

 

Other major offices

Mr. Chan is currently a Partner of Squire Patton Boggs, a
Deputy of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to
the National People’s Congress and also a member of the
Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region, the Director of the
AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre, and has
been appointed as a China-Appointed Attesting Officer by
the Ministry of Justice of the PRC. Mr. Chan is also an
Independent Non-executive Director of China Merchants
Port Holdings Company Limited, Sa Sa International
Holdings Limited, Q P Group Holdings Limited, Million
Cities Holdings Limited, Genertec Universal Medical Group
Company Limited and Pangaea Connectivity Technology
Limited.

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Past offices

Mr. Chan has over 20 years of experience as a solicitor in
Hong Kong and joined Squire Patton Boggs since July
1999. Mr. Chan was appointed as a Deputy of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region to the 13th National
People’s Congress in 2019 and was elected as a Deputy of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the 14th
National People’s Congress in 2023.


Educational background and qualifications

Dual Degree in Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Science of
University of Melbourne

Qualified to practice law as a solicitor in Hong Kong, the
Australian Capital Territory, the State of Victoria in Australia,
and England and Wales

 

 

 

 

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TutorABC Expands Leadership Team to Drive Global Growth in Language Learning and Livestreaming E-Commerce Innovation

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TAIPEI, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TutorABC, a global leader in online education and live-streaming e-commerce, has appointed George Loup and Maximilian Corbet Smith as Directors of Business Development to lead strategic global expansion. George will oversee language learning and corporate training solutions, while Maximilian will spearhead the global licensing of TutorABCShop.com, the company’s innovative live-commerce platform.

Expanding Global Presence in Language Learning & Corporate Training

George Loup brings over a decade of international education experience, focusing on establishing new partnerships for TutorABC‘s language courses and corporate training solutions. The company already provides premium language training to employees at global enterprises including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and HSBC, leveraging an AI-powered platform that enhances workforce communication and reduces operational costs.

TutorABCShop.com – The Most Advanced Live-Streaming E-Commerce Platform

TutorABCShop.com, backed by US$300 million investment and 19 patented technologies, is revolutionizing retail through innovative live-commerce solutions. The platform offers:

  • Interactive Shopping in Real Time 
  • Seamless Multi-Platform Streaming 
  • Maximizing Instant Conversions 
  • Engagement Through Entertainment & Education
  • Advanced Data & Analytics

Strengthening TutorABC’s Global Leadership

“George and Maximilian bring unparalleled expertise in business development and technology-driven solutions,” said Co-Chairmen Rodney Miles and Samuel Yang. Both executives, educated in the UK and with extensive international experience, are well-positioned to drive TutorABC‘s global expansion in education and e-commerce innovation.

TutorABC has built strategic global partnerships with some of the world’s most prestigious educational institutions and corporations, including Oxford and Cambridge Universities, National Geographic, Barron’s, Kaplan, the British Council, and ETS, reinforcing its dedication to world-class, high-quality education and enterprise solutions.

Blending Strategic Expertise with Global Experience

With over six years of business development experience, Maximilian has led expansion efforts across England, Europe, and Asia, driving market growth and forging strategic partnerships worldwide. He has a proven track record in scaling technology solutions for enterprise clients, with previous clients including HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Close Brothers, Virgin Money, Imperial Hotels, Mastercard, EY, and many others.

George, with over a decade of experience in international education, has played a pivotal role in expanding global partnerships and increasing access to premium language and corporate training programs.

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Born and raised in Hong Kong, Maximilian and George both bring a unique international perspective. Educated in the UK at Harrow School (Maximilian) and Eton College (George), as well as Manchester University, they are well-positioned to lead TutorABC‘s global expansion and innovation efforts.

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  • As Energy Storage holds a key role in the support of the grid and energy transition efforts, Sungrow’s ESS Experience Day in Munich was a insightful opportunity for leading experts across Europe to exchange thoughts on this crucial topic towards a sustainable future.
  • The event was followed by almost 300 attendees and covered a broad range of topics, relevant to the technological, business and safety implications of ESS.

MUNICH, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Reconfirming its commitment to supporting its partners and driving the transition to a clean and sustainable future, Sungrow successfully hosted the ESS Experience Day in Munich on the 20th of March, bringing together industry experts, partners, and stakeholders to explore the latest advancements in Energy Storage Systems (ESS). The event underscored Sungrow’s devotion to driving the transition towards a more resilient, stable, and renewable-powered energy landscape across Europe.

Energy Storage: A Cornerstone for Europe’s Renewable Future

As Europe accelerates its shift to renewable energy, the need for grid stability and flexibility has never been greater. Energy Storage Systems play a critical role in balancing supply and demand, enabling a higher penetration of renewables into the grid. By 2030, Europe aims to generate at least 45% of its energy from renewable sources, according to the European Commission’s REPowerEU plan[1].

However, intermittent generation from solar and wind requires advanced storage solutions to maintain grid stability and prevent curtailment. The deployment of ESS projects requires advanced technologies, but also strong collaboration between involved parties and devoted teams of experts that secure the swift and efficient operations, as Mr. Shawn Shi, Vice President of Sungrow and President of Sungrow Europe emphasized in his speech that opened the event. “The outstanding result that made possible the commercial operation of the BW ESS Bramley 331MWh project in just 12 days after the grid energization, reflects not only the technical innovation of PowerTitan 2.0, It is also a reflection of our excellent delivery management capabilities and close collaboration with our partners.”

An Evening Full of Insights and Meaningful Discussions

The event in Munich acted as a platform to exchange in-depth knowledge and thoughts by experts of the industry, case studies, while the almost 300 attendees had also the opportunity to experience hands-on demonstrations of Sungrow’s state-of-the-art latest battery storage systems, the liquid-cooled PowerStack 200CS and PowerTitan 2.0.

One of the highlights of the event was the presentation, “Policies & Trends of Battery Storage” by Mr. Antonio Arruebo, Market Analyst at SolarPower Europe (SPE), which included an exclusive preview of preliminary figures from the SPE Battery Outlook, the leading report about the current and future development of the field, that will be officially published at Intersolar in May 2025. Mr. Arruebo underlined the need for flexibility of the grid, predicting that EU power flexibility needs to increase five-fold by 2030 and batteries & demand response can meet 2/3 of the flexibility requirements. At the same time, the forecast beyond 2024, is that the European BESS market is expected to expand by 30-40% year on year to reach 260 GWh by 2028, while the high scenario by SPE foresees that this figure could reach up to 400 GWh by the same year.  

The agenda of the event covered a broad range of issues related to the ESS and energy transition, including the latest developments on Grid Forming Capabilities by Dr. Ivan Volodin, ESS Product Manager at Sungrow Europe, and the impressive PowerTitan 2.0 Large-scale Burn Test presented by Mr. Yang Ye, Senior Technical Marketing Manager at Sungrow OSKA, showcasing the latest developments on the BESS safety. Moreover, Mr. Andres Doebel, Head of ESS for the DACH region at Sungrow Europe emphasized in his speech the crucial aspect of the one-brand solution in securing a successful ESS project and Mr. Robert Von Wahl, Director of Sungrow EV Charging Europe, analysed the opportunities that ESS holds also for the crucial role of EV charging infrastructure and operation in Europe.

The event hosted also the presentation of two case studies, showcasing two milestone ESS projects in the region, the Bramley 100MW/331MWh ESS project by BW ESS in the UK and the Vilvoorde 200MW/800MWh ESS project by Engie in Belgium. Dr. James Li, ESS Director Europe of Sungrow, highlighted the successful delivery story of the Bramley BESS project, while Mr. Dries Herman, Technical Project Manager of the Vilvoorde project draw attention on the key factor of flexibility to deploy more renewable energy and fight negative prices and price volatility.        

Finally, the panel discussion, with the ESS Analyst Mrs. Starry Ce, the Vice President of Strategy and Development of the Griffin Group Energy Mr. Adam Zalewski, the Director of Product and Supply Chain of Kyon Energy Mr. Florian Diehm, the CCO of Entrix Mr. Lars Löhle and Dr. Stefan Zhao, Director of Sungrow European Research Institute, conclude the main part of the event, with a valuable debate on the challenges and opportunities that the present and future holds on ESS development and energy transition.

As the global energy storage market is bolstered by an annual growth rate of 21% to 137GW/442GWh by 2030 (BloombergNEF[2]), the Europe emerging as a key driver of growth. Events like the ESS Experience Day in Munich serve as crucial platforms for knowledge-sharing and fostering partnerships that accelerate the deployment of storage technologies. The success of the ESS Experience Day in Munich marks another milestone in Sungrow’s mission to lead the renewable energy transition with reliable, efficient, and sustainable storage technologies and services.

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  2. https://about.bnef.com/blog/global-energy-storage-market-records-biggest-jump-yet/

About Sungrow

Sungrow, a global leader in renewable energy technology, has pioneered sustainable power solutions for over 28 years. As of December 2024, Sungrow has installed 740 GW of power electronic converters worldwide. The Company is recognized as the world’s No. 1 on PV inverter shipments (S&P Global Commodity Insights) and the world’s most bankable energy storage company (BloombergNEF). Its innovations power clean energy projects in over 180 countries, supported by a network of 520 service outlets guaranteeing excellent customer experience. At Sungrow, we’re committed to bridging to a sustainable future through cutting-edge technology and unparalleled service. For more information, please visit: www.sungrowpower.com

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JAKARTA, Indonesia, March 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (IDX: BBRI) held its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGMS). At this year’s AGMS, BRI approved the distribution of dividends amounting to IDR 51.73 trillion, an increase compared to the 2024 dividend of IDR 48.10 trillion. In addition, BRI will also carry out a share buyback of up to IDR 3 trillion.

BRI’s 2025 AGMS approved 10 agenda items, with three key topics highlighted by Corporate Secretary Agustya Hendy Bernadi: dividend distribution, share buyback, and management changes.

Use of the Company’s Net Profit (Cash Dividend Distribution)

For the 2024 fiscal year, BRI posted a consolidated net profit of IDR 60.15 trillion, allocating up to IDR 51.73 trillion for cash dividends. An interim dividend of IDR 20.33 trillion (IDR 135 per share) was distributed on January 15, 2025, leaving a remaining payout of up to IDR 31.40 trillion. Of the total, IDR 27.68 trillion will go to the state, with the rest distributed proportionally to shareholders listed on the recording date.

Share Buyback Plan

In addition to the dividend distribution, BRI’s 2025 AGMS also approved the company’s plan to repurchase or buy back shares in an amount of up to IDR 3 trillion. The buyback will be carried out through the Stock Exchange or outside the Stock Exchange.

Changes to the Company’s Management

The 2025 AGMS resolved changes to the company’s management, including the honorable discharge of the following 19 individuals, among them Sunarso as President Director and Catur Budi Harto as Deputy President Director.

Additionally, BRI appointed 16 individuals, including Hery Gunardi as President Director and Hakim Putratama as Director of Operations.

The AGMS also reassigned Agus Noorsanto from Director of Wholesale and Institutional Business to Deputy President Director, and Ahmad Solichin Lutfiyanto from Director of Compliance to Director of Human Capital & Compliance.

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In total, BRI’s 2025 AGMS discussed and resolved 10 agenda items. The complete resolutions are available on the BRI website at www.bri.co.id

“The decisions made in this AGMS reflect BRI’s commitment to continuously improve performance and deliver added value to shareholders and other stakeholders,” concluded Hendy.

For more information about BANK BRI, visit www.bri.co.id

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