Commercial & Industrial Battery Storage

At commercial scale the battery is the cheap part. What decides the project is thermal design, fire protection, grid-code compliance and whether the system can be serviced in ten years by someone who is not the original installer.

What a commercial project actually requires

A residential system is a product. A commercial system is an installation with a safety case. Before a price is meaningful, five things have to be defined:

The application. Peak shaving, demand charge reduction, solar self-consumption, backup, or a combination. Each drives a different power-to-energy ratio.
The electrical interface. Connection voltage, transformer capacity, whether the site can export, and the protection coordination with the existing switchgear.
Thermal strategy. Air cooling is adequate for moderate duty cycles and mild climates. Liquid cooling costs more and holds cell temperature variation tighter, which extends life in hot or high-duty installations.
Fire safety. Detection, suppression and, in many jurisdictions, deflagration venting. This is a code requirement, not an option.
Grid code and metering. What the local network operator requires for the connection, and how the system will be metered for whatever revenue mechanism is being claimed.

Air-cooled cabinet or liquid-cooled container

	100–215 kWh cabinet	Containerised BESS
Footprint	Small, indoor or outdoor	20 ft / 40 ft, outdoor
Cooling	Air, or liquid on request	Liquid, integrated
Typical use	Behind-the-meter C&I	Utility-scale and large industrial
Installation	Crane or forklift, short cabling	Civil works, transformer, HV connection
Serviceability	Front access modules	Walk-in or rack access

For most behind-the-meter industrial sites, a 100–215 kWh cabinet is the right first step: it fits existing switchgear, needs no civil works, and can be expanded later by adding cabinets in parallel.

How we work on a commercial project

We quote from a site requirement rather than a stock list. Send the load profile and interval data if you have it, the connection details, the target application and the ambient conditions. We return a system layout, an energy and power sizing calculation, a single-line diagram and a price.

For containerised projects we also provide the transport and lifting documentation, the commissioning procedure and the maintenance schedule, because those are what the site operator needs after handover.

Available models4 series

Model	Type	Typical applications	Notes
CI-100	Air-cooled commercial BESS cabinet	Behind-the-meter peak shaving, demand charge reduction, solar shifting	Expandable by paralleling cabinets on the AC side
CI-215	Liquid-cooled commercial BESS cabinet	High-duty industrial storage, hot climates, solar shifting, peak shaving	Cell temperature spread held within 3 °C across the cabinet
CI-1000	Containerised BESS, 20 ft	Utility-scale storage, large industrial peak shaving, renewable shifting	Also available as a battery-only container without PCS
Containerised BESS (custom)	ODM system	Utility and industrial storage	20 ft / 40 ft

Models with links have detailed specification pages; unlisted models are also available on request. Capacity and quantity should be sized by our engineers against the actual load — never by nameplate rating alone.

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