LS Electric said it will exhibit core energy storage system (ESS) solutions at Smart Grid Expo 2026, to be held for three days from the 17th to the 19th at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. The move is seen as a strategy to target Japan, considered one of the world's four largest ESS markets.
At this exhibition, LS Electric will showcase a next-generation modular ESS platform, solutions dedicated to data centers, and power transmission and distribution solutions.
In particular, it will place the next-generation modular ESS platform, MSSP (Modular Scalable String Platform), at the forefront of the booth to target the Japanese market. LS Electric's MSSP is a proprietary product developed based on its manufacturing capabilities in industrial drives (inverters), which reduce energy consumption through core technology in power conversion and motor control speed. By modularizing PEBB (Power Electronic Building Block), a core component of power conversion, in 200-kilowatt (kW) units, it enables smart independent operation.
Last year, LS Electric directly invested in and operated an ESS power plant project in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, with a 2-megawatt (MW) PCS and an 8-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery, expanding its business scope beyond ESS EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) into direct investment.
It will also unveil capabilities for smart power distribution infrastructure tailored to Japan's data center market. It will exhibit data center switchboards (UL891), direct current (DC) power devices for data centers (ACB, MCCB), and a data center infrastructure management platform (Beyond X CUBE).
Japan's ESS market is growing rapidly on demand for grid stabilization driven by the expansion of renewable energy. It is expected to grow from about 10 billion yen (about 930 billion won) in 2020 to about 100 billion yen (about 9.3 trillion won) this year, and to about 400 billion yen (about 37.2 trillion won) in 2030.
An LS Electric official said, "Japan is a key growth base in the global ESS market," and added, "By allowing customers to see firsthand at this exhibition our end-to-end supply capabilities for ESS power plants and our world-class power solutions, we will solidify our No. 1 brand image."