What is an outdoor energy storage cabinet?
Apr 10, 2025
Against the backdrop of accelerated global energy transformation and surging demand for distributed energy, outdoor energy storage containers, as the "integrated carrier" of energy storage systems, are becoming the core infrastructure for industrial and commercial energy storage, grid-side peak load regulation, and off-grid power supply scenarios with their high reliability, flexible deployment, and rapid grid connection capabilities. As a company deeply involved in the field of energy storage systems, GreenMore combines years of technical accumulation and project experience to analyze how outdoor energy storage containers empower energy systems from the perspectives of structural characteristics, technical advantages, application scenarios, and the characteristics of GreenMore energy storage systems, helping users achieve cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and energy autonomy.
1. Definition of outdoor energy storage cabinet
Outdoor energy storage cabinet is an integrated and modular energy storage system device designed for long-term operation in outdoor environments. It usually includes core components such as battery modules, battery management system (BMS), thermal management system, safety protection devices and communication interfaces, and can work independently or in conjunction with photovoltaic and power grids to achieve storage, scheduling and release of electric energy.
The outdoor energy storage cabinet breaks through the dependence of traditional energy storage systems on indoor environment through integrated design + environmental adaptation technology, and realizes "zero machine room" deployment:
All-weather protection system
IP65 protection level: The cabinet body adopts double-layer steel plate + rock wool sandwich structure, with rainproof eaves, sealing strips and drainage grooves to achieve dustproof, waterproof and salt spray proof, and adapt to extreme environments such as coastal areas and deserts.
Temperature control: Built-in industrial-grade air conditioning (cooling capacity 5kW) and air duct circulation system, combined with phase change material (PCM) passive heat dissipation, the temperature inside the cabinet is kept constant at 15-35°C, extending the battery life by 20%.
Security integrated design
Three-level fire protection system: smoke detector + aerosol fire extinguishing device + pressure relief valve, respond to thermal runaway within 10 seconds and suppress chain reaction
Electrical protection: equipped with lightning arrester, insulation monitor and leakage protection switch, etc.
Modular expansion architecture
Standardized cabinet: Single cabinet capacity is 215kWh-1MWh, supports multiple cabinets in parallel, has a short expansion cycle, and is suitable for needs ranging from community energy storage to 100MW power stations.
Plug and Play Interface: Adopts standardized DC/AC busbar and communication protocol (CAN/Modbus), compatible with different brands of batteries and PCS.
2. Technical advantages of GreenMore outdoor energy storage cabinet
Compatibility
Multi-battery compatibility: Supports mixed use of lead-acid, lithium (LFP/NCM) and sodium-ion batteries. A single cabinet can integrate GreenMore wall-mounted energy storage batteries (10kWh modules) and stacked batteries (200kWh modules), flexibly adapting to 2-8 hours of energy storage time requirements.
PCS integrated: GreenMore commercial PCS (50-200kW) can be optionally installed in the cabinet to achieve “three-in-one” of DC/AC conversion, grid dispatching and battery management, and improve system efficiency to 91.5%.
Intelligent operation and maintenance
BMS+EMS: GreenMore's self-developed BMS (battery management system) monitors battery SOC/SOH in real time, and EMS (energy management system) links PCS and the power grid to automatically execute strategies such as peak-valley arbitrage, demand management, and dynamic capacity expansion.
Remote diagnosis platform: Upload cabinet temperature, voltage, fault code and other data via WIFI, AI algorithm predicts battery degradation trend, warns of potential risks 30 days in advance, and shortens operation and maintenance response time to 2 hours.
3. Application scenarios of outdoor energy storage cabinets
Industrial and commercial energy storage
Peak-valley arbitrage: A Belgian company deployed a GreenMore 1MWh outdoor energy storage cabinet in conjunction with a 100kW photovoltaic system, saving more than 800,000 yuan in electricity bills annually by utilizing the peak-valley electricity price difference (0.8 yuan/kWh), and shortening the investment payback period to 4.2 years.
Demand management: In commercial complexes, energy storage cabinets can reduce demand charges by 35% and increase the annual comprehensive rate of return to 18% by dynamically adjusting load power.
Grid-side peak load regulation
Hundred-megawatt power station: The Tibet grid-side energy storage project uses 50 GreenMore 2MWh outdoor energy storage cabinets, with a response time of <200ms and an annual peak-shaving income of more than 20 million yuan, helping to increase the new energy consumption rate to 98%.
Black start support: In remote areas, the energy storage cabinet serves as the "heart" of the microgrid, providing backup power for substations and communication base stations through off-grid operation mode, with a power supply reliability of 99.99%.
Off-grid power supply
Island/mine energy station: A customer in Madagascar deployed a GreenMore 500kWh outdoor energy storage cabinet + 200kW photovoltaic system to achieve multi-energy complementarity of "wind, solar, storage and diesel", reducing the proportion of diesel power generation from 80% to 20%, and saving more than 500,000 yuan in annual operation and maintenance costs.
Emergency power supply vehicle: The cabinet integrates a wheeled chassis and a quick interface, which can be deployed within 30 minutes to provide temporary power supply for disaster areas and events, and support 100 devices running simultaneously.
4. GreenMore Solution
In response to different customer needs, GreenMore provides an integrated solution of "energy storage cabinet + battery + PCS":
Small and medium-sized industrial and commercial: 215kWh outdoor energy storage cabinet + 100kW PCS, suitable for factories, parks and other scenarios, supporting photovoltaic surplus power storage and peak-valley arbitrage
Large energy station: 1MWh outdoor energy storage cabinet cluster + EMS dispatching platform, realizing the superposition of grid frequency regulation, backup power supply and spot trading benefits, with the system IRR (internal rate of return) reaching 18%-22%.
Export customization: Complies with international standards such as UL1973, IEC62619, adapts to European CE and North American ETL certification, supports multi-language EMS interface and localized operation and maintenance training.
As an innovator in the field of energy storage systems, GreenMore will continue to iterate outdoor energy storage cabinet technology, deepen the synergy between batteries and PCS, and provide users with safer, smarter and more economical energy solutions. If you need to learn about energy storage cabinet selection recommendations or project design, please visit GreenMore's official website www.gmsolarkit.com to contact our technical team.