In the past year, China's industrial and commercial energy storage market has achieved leapfrog growth. According to incomplete statistics from the CNESA DataLink global energy storage database, in 2024, the newly installed capacity of industrial and commercial energy storage in China will be 2.95GW/7.02GWh, with a year-on-year increase of 427% in power scale and 273% in energy scale.
With the diversification of energy storage applications, increasing safety requirements, and the need for intelligent operation and maintenance, industrial and commercial energy storage products are also accelerating iterative upgrades.
At the 13th Energy Storage International Summit and Exhibition (ESIE 2025), over 50 energy storage companies showcased over a hundred industrial and commercial energy storage products. And present the following characteristics:
1. 314Ah high-capacity battery cells are widely used
From the statistics of over a hundred industrial and commercial storage products, the proportion of products that explicitly use 314Ah battery cells is close to 50%. Compared to 280Ah cells, 314Ah cells have an increased energy density and lower cost per kilowatt hour, further reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
2. Modular design, full scene adaptation
Modular design has gradually become the mainstream choice for industrial and commercial energy storage products. The modular design scheme integrates key components such as energy storage batteries, PCS, BMS, etc. into a compact industrial and commercial energy storage integrated machine, which can reduce installation, operation, and maintenance costs. In addition, elastic expansion can be achieved through parallel stacking to meet the dynamic load adjustment needs of scenarios such as transportation, steel, construction, chemical industry, and various industrial and commercial parks.
Users can flexibly add modules as needed to achieve convenient expansion and reduce initial investment costs. And the products all adopt modular design, widely used in various scenarios such as peak shaving and valley filling in industry and commerce, virtual power plants, backup power sources, and three-phase imbalance control.
3. The medium and high voltage system opens up new industrial and commercial scenarios
The medium and high voltage system can be directly connected to the 10kV and above power grid to meet the electricity needs of high energy consuming enterprises such as steel smelting, data centers, and mining areas. At the exhibition, many of the latest industrial and commercial energy storage systems can greatly simplify the on-site installation and maintenance process of energy storage facilities for industrial users, and the cost is also lower; There are also some innovative industrial and commercial energy storage products that use CTR direct cooling technology to improve cooling speed and efficiency, making them more suitable for large-scale industrial and commercial energy storage projects.
4. Security and intelligence run through the entire lifecycle
With the tightening of safety supervision, safety is particularly important for industrial and commercial energy storage products. In addition, AI technology has penetrated into project planning, operation and maintenance, security monitoring, power trading and other aspects, playing an important role in improving the safety and profitability of power plants. Especially for industrial and commercial energy storage, AI is promoting the integration of industrial and commercial energy storage systems into the construction of virtual power plants. Most of the newly emerged energy storage cabinets today can achieve liquid cooling temperature control and pack level aerosol fire protection integration, building a comprehensive safety defense line; Realize full lifecycle safety control for industrial and commercial users through BMS and EMS.