ZTE Launched the New-Generation E260C3 C&I Energy Storage Integrated Cabinet, Delivering Safer, More Efficient, and More Intelligent to Create Greater Value for Customers

• The system delivers five-level fire protection and over-current protection from cell to campus, enabling precise shutdown
• Dual liquid cooling and SiC/magnetic integration maintain a cell temperature difference of ≤2°C, extend lifespan by 10% and save 3.6 kWh per cycle
• AI-powered risk prediction and multi-market coordination enable millisecond-level response and remote O&M for optimal returns

Changsha, China, November 6, 2026 - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, recently hosted its 2026 Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Energy Storage Channel Partner Conference under the theme "Safer, More Efficient, and More Intelligent to Create Greater Value for Customers". At the event, ZTE launched its new-generation E260C3 Commercial & Industrial Energy Storage Integrated Cabinet.

Competition in commercial and industrial energy storage field is shifting from hardware specification comparisons to comprehensive capabilities in intelligent, multi-market coordinated operation. In response to the current market landscape and industry challenges, ZTE’s newly launched product is fully self-developed and highly integrated, supports 125 kW high-power output and 261 kWh high-capacity storage. It can be applied to peak-valley arbitrage, demand management, energy time-shifting, emergency backup power and other scenarios. Compared with conventional solutions, it delivers safer, more efficient and smarter energy storage, maximizing project investment returns.

For safety, ZTE has built a five-level fire protection system covering cell, module, cabinet, site and campus, comprehensively containing thermal runaway risks. It also features full-chain five-level over-current protection from cell and module to system, enabling graded precise shutdown. This five-level protection architecture covers the complete hierarchy from cell to campus — representing a comprehensive energy storage safety designs, safeguarding energy storage safety at every level.

In terms of efficiency, the product adopts a dual liquid-cooling intelligent temperature control system, with PCS using SiC and magnetic integration technology. Through full-stack hardware-software co-optimization, it improves overall efficiency; keeps cell temperature difference ≤ 2°C, extends equipment lifespan by 10%, and achieves system cycle efficiency of up to 91%. Each charge-discharge cycle saves 3.6 kWh, effectively shortening project payback periods.

For intelligent O&M, the solution deeply integrates AI into equipment diagnosis and dispatch decision-making. Compared with conventional solutions, it can predict potential cell risks in advance and coordinate peak-valley arbitrage, demand control, grid ancillary services and other businesses to generate multi-channel revenue. With a cloud-based centralized management and local intelligent collaboration architecture, it enables millisecond-level response and remote management without site visits, greatly reducing O&M workload.

With comprehensive safety protection, efficiency and AI-powered intelligent O&M, the E260C3 C&I Energy Storage Integrated Cabinet embodies the product philosophy of "Safer, More Efficient, and More Intelligent to Create Greater Value for Customers", helping C&I energy storage projects operate reliably and achieve optimal returns in the new market environment.

Leveraging more than 30 years of foundational technology expertise in the energy sector, ZTE has 600 patents in energy and power electronics worldwide and has built four core technology platforms: power conversion, energy storage, energy management, and cooling & temperature control. More than 1.5 million energy storage units are now operating safely and stably online worldwide.

Yang Yundong, Vice President of ZTE, said: "Power market reform is reshaping the business logic of C&I energy storage, and the era of going it alone is over. ZTE upholds the philosophy of co-creation, sharing and win-win results. With our self-developed technology foundation and open channel policy, ZTE will work with ecosystem partners to combine equipment capabilities, platform operations and local project resources, jointly capture the dividends of power market transformation, help industries reduce costs and emissions, and advance the construction of a new power system."

Looking ahead, ZTE will start from Changsha and work with channel partners to move from single peak-valley arbitrage to diversified value operation, and from equipment sales to long-term asset management — jointly exploring the diversified energy storage market, supporting the energy transition and creating new space for business growth.