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Recently, the “Shanghai Advanced Energy Equipment Industry Cluster” was officially inaugurated in Minhang District. As a billion-yuan-scale industrial cluster created through the \"urban-rural collaboration\" initiative in Shanghai, the advanced energy equipment and green low-carbon industries have become the key focus of Minhang District. At the unveiling ceremony, 30 key enterprises received the first batch of certifications. Successful cases from domestic and international energy companies such as Shanghai Boiler Factory, CNNC Automation, Siemens Energy, and HydroFeng Energy demonstrate that Shanghai is using \"digital empowerment\" as a key driving force to foster an advanced energy equipment industry ecosystem characterized by deep integration and seamless connectivity between various elements. In recent years, Minhang District has established a total of 39 advanced intelligent factories, of which more than one-third are in the field of energy equipment. These key enterprises and advanced smart factories are becoming the \"backbone\" for the regional aggregation of innovation elements. Companies such as Shanghai Boiler Factory Co., Ltd. have innovated to develop the world’s first biomass gasification furnace with a capacity of 300 tons per day, using pure oxygen under pressure; its overall technical level ranks among the best in the world. On this basis, the company has also collaborated with enterprises upstream and downstream to establish a business model of \"production in Taonan – combined land and sea transportation – refueling in Shanghai\", thereby successfully creating the first closed-loop industrial chain for green fuels in international shipping. “In the future, we will continue to focus on technological advancement and business expansion. We plan to double the processing capacity per furnace to 600 tons per day, and develop catalysts independently in order to strengthen our competitive advantages and create a globally competitive ‘Chinese solution’. ”A relevant official from the company said. Currently, these gathering areas are helping to achieve key technological breakthroughs for domestic energy equipment, from scratch, and promoting the autonomy of the manufacturing sector. Guohe Ziyi System Engineering Co., Ltd. has developed what can be regarded as the \"brain\" of nuclear power plants. By relying on key national projects, it has created the \"Herrui\" series of nuclear power control systems with complete independent intellectual property rights; these systems have been used in the \"Guohe-1\" plant, a model project for third-generation nuclear power, thereby contributing to a strategic improvement in energy security capabilities. On the other hand, the gathering areas expand the \"breadth\" of the energy equipment industry by introducing globally leading technologies. SHanghai Siemens Energy High Voltage Switch Co., Ltd. (SHVS), a Sino-German joint venture, is one of the representative manufacturing enterprises in Minhang District. Leveraging Siemens Energy’s unified global R&D framework, the company has adopted the SAFe agile development framework to integrate its world-class technical advantages with China’s local R&D capabilities and supply chain systems, thereby creating an efficient and coordinated manufacturing system. To drive the transformation and upgrading of the energy system and seize industrial opportunities, the industrial cluster has adopted a core development strategy that focuses on upgrading three key industries: clean and efficient power generation, advanced power grids, and photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies. At the same time, it is working to develop four emerging fields: fusion energy, hydrogen-based energy, long-duration energy storage, and new green technologies. Many leading enterprises are also involved in the planning and development of the energy industry. For example, Shanghai Hydrogen Maple Energy Technology Co., Ltd. not only drives technological innovation in areas such as magnesium-based solid-state hydrogen storage, but also participates in the formulation and revision of various standards and industry regulations. It has taken the lead in drafting multiple group standards, including the \"Safety Technical Requirements for Mobile Large-Capacity Magnesium-Based Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Devices,\" thereby filling the standard gaps in this field in China and providing technical support for the standardized development of the industry. In addition, the leading enterprise in this sector, Shanghai Electric Group, has established more than 30 related companies in Minhang, contributing an annual output value of over 50 billion yuan ； Innovation platforms such as the Future Energy Research Institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Hydrogen Energy Technology R&D Center of Shanghai Electric have been put into operation, achieving breakthroughs in various \"bottleneck\" technologies in areas such as gas turbines, large-scale castings and forgings, and key materials for nuclear power, thereby providing impetus for the development of advanced energy equipment industry clusters.