Commercial storage
Commercial storage in the SpeicherCampus context: optimizes PV, load peaks, grid connection, e-mobility and backup power. Technically, the term is usually described as battery storage for businesses.
What does commercial storage mean?
A commercial storage system is battery storage for businesses — typically between 50 kWh and several hundred kWh. It differs from a home battery in more than size: three-phase power, quarter-hour demand metering, grid contracts with demand charges and commercial load structures change the entire design.
While a home battery almost always targets self-consumption, commercial systems combine several tasks: PV shifting, peak shaving, grid connection relief, charging infrastructure and defined backup power.
What matters in practice
- the grid operator’s demand charge: it often makes peak shaving the strongest lever
- cleanly prioritize simultaneous applications (EMS strategy)
- siting: indoor, outdoor, IP rating, fire-protection requirements
- plan expandability for growing e-mobility
Practical example
A manufacturer pays demand charges on its annual peak of 210 kW, caused by short press spikes. A 215 kWh system with 105 kW brings the peak down to 140 kW — the demand-charge savings carry a substantial share of the financing.
The SpeicherCampus perspective
Commercial storage is the core business of SpeicherCampus. The project review clarifies load profile, PV, grid connection and objectives — from that follows the product class, from compact cabinet to container solution.