Liming Qiao

Liming Qiao is the CEO and Founder of the Future Energy Storage and System Integration Alliance  (FESSIA), a multi-stakeholder platform bringing together the energy storage  and renewable energy industries to engage with governments and utilities.  FESSIA is an advocacy group working to address the missing pieces of the  energy transition: grid flexibility and system integration.

FESSIA’s mission is  focused on ASEAN—one of the most dynamic energy markets in the world. Its  goal is to shape a vision for the role of energy storage in future energy  systems and to develop concrete Route to Market policy frameworks to make  this vision achievable. The organisation was inaugurated in 2025 with the  support of the Climate Breakthrough Award, one of the most prestigious awards  in the climate space, backed by the global philanthropic community.

Liming is the 2025  Climate Breakthrough Awardee, and through FESSIA she aims to ensure that  storage, flexibility, and integration are no longer overlooked in the global  clean energy transition.

Previously, Liming  served as Chief Strategy Officer–Asia and Head of Asia at the Global Wind  Energy Council (GWEC). She worked in GWEC since 2008 in various leadership  roles focused on policy and Asia-related issues. She created and led GWEC  Asia, engaging major industry and institutional stakeholders to drive policy  advancement for wind energy development across the region. Liming also  pioneered GWEC’s entry into new Asian wind markets—including Mongolia,  Vietnam, Thailand, and Taiwan—and worked closely with governments and  industry partners to strengthen policy frameworks in China and beyond.

With a career in  climate and energy policy dating back to 2003, Liming has deep experience in  renewable energy and international climate processes. Before joining GWEC,  she worked with international organizations on a range of climate-related programs.