Commercial and Industrial (C&I) microgrid solution aims to maximize asset yields amid power market reforms and transition from equipment deployment to active asset management.

SHANGHAI, June 5, 2026 – At the 19th International Solar and Smart Energy (Shanghai) Exhibition (SNEC 2026), Zhuhai Pilot Technology Co., Ltd. ("Pilot") officially unveiled its full-stack cloud-network-edge-endpoint energy digitalization architecture. Marking a major strategic shift, the company declared that the new energy landscape has entered an "operations era," where long-term competitiveness depends on software-driven asset management and grid value realization rather than hardware manufacturing alone.

The solution integrates Pilot's hardware and software ecosystem, including smart power meters, edge computing gateways, commercial and industrial (C&I) battery energy storage systems (BESS), EV charging infrastructure, and an advanced Virtual Power Plant (VPP) platform. Over the past two decades, Pilot has deployed equipment across complex demand-side scenarios, including data centers, hospitals, industrial parks, and manufacturing facilities, creating a massive, proprietary operational dataset that forms the foundation of its new optimization algorithms.

Unlike traditional systems restricted to simple peak-shaving, Pilot's edge-level Energy Management Systems (EMS) and co-located microgrid controllers dynamically orchestrate solar PV generation, energy storage, fleet charging, and flexible building loads. This integration reduces industrial demand charges through peak-shaving, avoids costly transformer upgrades via dynamic capacity expansion, and maximizes behind-the-meter (BTM) green power consumption.

"The financial returns on distributed energy assets are no longer dictated by upfront capital expenditure, but by real-time market integration," said the Head of Energy Operations at Pilot. "Our operational architecture transforms distributed energy resources from fixed infrastructure into responsive power assets. By using algorithmic dispatch, we enable industrial clients to capture revenue across demand response programs, regional electricity spot markets, and ancillary service frameworks."

At the system level, Pilot's VPP platform aggregates these localized C&I storage systems, EV networks, and flexible loads into unified virtual resource pools. This aggregation allows decentralized commercial power consumers to participate collectively in wholesale market trading, providing critical grid stabilization services while generating additional revenue streams from localized capacity markets.

As power sector reforms accelerate the integration of high-penetration renewable energy into regional grids, Pilot is actively transitioning from a component provider to a long-term asset operations partner. The company's strategic roadmap focuses on leveraging its proprietary edge-to-cloud infrastructure to help commercial and industrial customers mitigate merchant power risks, satisfy regulatory compliance, and consistently enhance overall return on assets (ROA).

Future returns will no longer depend on equipment procurement costs, but rather on the ability to participate in every electricity transaction during operations. Through AI-driven dispatch, Pilot enables user-side resources to contribute power in the most optimal way across demand response, spot power markets, and ancillary service markets, truly transforming energy assets into quantifiable, value-added operational assets.

At the edge, Pilot's proprietary EMS and edge controllers integrate PV, energy storage, charging stations, and flexible loads into a coordinated microgrid, reducing corporate energy costs through peak shaving, dynamic capacity expansion, and green power consumption. In the cloud, its virtual power plant platform aggregates commercial and industrial energy storage, charging stations, data centers, and industrial loads, helping customers participate in electricity market transactions at scale while achieving unified dispatch and revenue optimization for distributed resources.

Pilot is transitioning from an energy equipment supplier to an energy asset operations partner. The company stated that its strategic focus is to leverage its full-stack proprietary technology as a foundation and AI-driven operations as a core, helping clients continuously improve their return on assets against the backdrop of power sector reform and the full-scale entry of new energy sources into the market.

About Pilot Technology

With over twenty years of experience in demand-side energy digitization, Zhuhai Pilot Technology Co., Ltd. delivers end-to-end solutions spanning smart instrumentation, edge control gateways, and cloud-based energy management. The company's portfolio covers commercial and industrial microgrids, battery energy storage systems, EV charging infrastructure, and virtual power plants. Pilot is dedicated to driving the digital transformation, decarbonization, and operational optimization of energy assets for large infrastructure, industrial parks, and data centers globally.

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