ZTE showcased its 261 kWh C&I ESS, suitable for peak shaving, valley filling, and demand response
The company also promoted its utility-scale BESS for millisecond-level frequency response and participation in the VPP market
Its cloud-based energy management platform features cloud-edge coordinated energy dispatch capability
ZTE Corporation, an integrated information and communication technology solutions provider, highlighted its in-house developed intelligent energy management, communication, and cloud-based computing technologies at Intersolar Europe 2026.
On the energy management side, the company showcased its power conversion system (PCS) that works as a bidirectional converter between storage and the grid, while the battery management system (BMS) continuously monitors and controls real-time battery voltage, current, power, and temperature.
The company also offers an energy management system (EMS) with embedded AI algorithms that analyzes PV forecasting, dynamic tariff rates, users’ load patterns, and regional regulations. These analyses help the EMS accurately predict peak-demand overshooting and low-demand valleys, enabling peak-shaving and valley-filling functions. It also helps catch sweet spots in dynamic spot electricity tariff rates to schedule battery charging/discharging and participate in energy arbitrage.
In addition to user-side applications, it can support grid ancillary services, like millisecond-level frequency response, black start, and participation in virtual power plant (VPP) programs. The efficiency of these complex operations depends on the real-time computing capabilities of the accumulated data, especially for large battery energy storage system (BESS) with huge amounts of data. To support this, the company offers a cloud platform that communicates remotely with storage systems via Wi-Fi or other communication modes. The platform collects real-time data and computes it using application-specific algorithms. Based on the conclusion, it can dispatch stored energy in coordination with individual BESS's built-in EMS, known as cloud-edge coordination. Unlike the individual level, this remote computing system offers centralized monitoring, control, and real-time data visualization on a mobile device or computer.
In addition to highlighting the functions and capabilities of its latest communication and energy management systems, the company showcased a commercial & industrial (C&I) energy storage system (ESS) with up to 261 kWh of capacity, suitable for user-side peak shaving, valley filling, and demand response. It also promoted its utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) for millisecond-level grid frequency regulation and said it is ready to participate in a VPP aggregation platform. However, the company did not share much about this BESS in its press release.
