Best Energy Storage Companies in China
The 135 best Energy Storage companies in China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Sunwoda Electronic.
China's Energy Storage sector is moving fast enough right now that ranking these 135 companies by disclosed equity funding feels less like a directory exercise and more like a live scoreboard. Total disclosed funding across the cohort hits $1.6B, with Sunwoda Electronic commanding the lion's share at $1.5B, which tells you immediately how top-heavy this market is. Sunrise New Energy sits at $16M, Jiujiang Telford Technology at $35M, and the rest of the pack trails well behind. That concentration isn't a flaw in the data. It's the story.
And the macro runway here is genuinely striking. A global market projected to scale from $9.1B in 2019 to $546.0B by 2035 at a 23.61% CAGR creates serious pull for domestic players. China's own ambitions match that trajectory, with plans to more than double national storage capacity by 2027 signaling state-backed urgency that few other markets can replicate. Hot themes accelerating coverage right now include EV battery technology, solar PV and EV energy management systems. Policy uncertainty remains a real structural variable, so if you're tracking investors like IDG Capital or Cowin Capital, watch how their next moves read the regulatory tea leaves.
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Ranked: Best Energy Storage companies in China
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AiSHi Manufacturer of capacitors | — | — | 4,670 | 1985 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+17 | — | — |
| 2 | Alpha ESS Manufacturer of energy storage products | — | — | 700 | 2012 | Yuan Thomas Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+17 | 48 patents Battery management and safety interlock systems for stationary energy storage units | — |
| 3 | Aucksun Manufacturer of lithium batteries and LED chips | — | — | 2,725 | 2002 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Battery Charger Supplier Manufacturer of batteries | — | — | — | 2021 | Tian Zeng CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | Britech Holding Manufacturer of silicon solar, UPS, and electric bicycle battery | — | — | — | 2011 | Yuqi Zhang CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | BSLBATT Manufacturer of lithium battery | — | — | — | 2012 | Eric Yi Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 7 | Chaowei Power Manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries | — | — | 17,973 | 1998 | — | PHPMicrosoft 365Google Analytics+3 | — | — |
| 8 | China Sun Group High-Tech China Sun Group High-Tech Co through its operating subsidiaries, mainly engages in the production and sales… | — | — | 276 | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Energy Storage companies in China
#1
Public · Zibo, Shandong$16.2Mraised▾
Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. is a company based in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, specializing in the manufacture and sale of graphite anode material for electric vehicles and other lithium-ion battery applications. They have recently secured a significant order from Narada Power and are exploring collaborations with LG Energy and Abu Dhabi Investment Fund for lithium battery material manufacturing overseas.
- Oct 2025Post IPO$1.6M
- Sep 2025Post IPO$550K
- Mar 2024Post IPO$14M
#2
Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 1997 · 105 employees$1.5Braised▾
Manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, energy storage systems, and related hardware. The company provides batteries for consumer products, electric vehicles, and energy storage. It offers energy services and develops smart hardware. The business also focuses on sustainable development practices throughout its operations.
- Jun 2023Post IPO$228.5M
- Aug 2022Post IPO$886M
- Feb 2022Post IPO$384.9M
#3
Public · Jiujiang, Jiangxi · founded 1985 · 2406 employees$35.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of batteries
- May 2021Series C$35.5M
#4
Series A · Zhangzhou, Fujian · founded 2007$5.5Mraised▾
Manufacturer of advanced polymer chemicals, adhesives, binders, and release coatings. The company designs, manufactures, and sells aqueous adhesives, binders, and release coatings. These are for electronics, lithium-ion batteries, paper, tapes, and labels. The company also maintains an application laboratory. This lab is equipped with analytical equipment to evaluate emulsion polymers.
- Nov 2021Series A$5.5M
#5
Series A · Suzhou, Jiangsu · founded 2015$1.5Mraised▾
Developer and producer of advanced smart charging equipment for EV cars. The company focuses on research and development of cutting-edge technology for battery fast charging, its products can be used for safe and fast charging of lithium batteries (groups) and various lead-acid batteries, enabling its users to complete charging safely, quickly and intelligently without damaging the battery nor shortening the battery life.
#6
Deadpooled · Shanghai, Shanghai · founded 2008$7.9Mraised▾
Developer of on-grid and off-grid solar inverters intended to help people to take up sustainable mode of living. The company's inverters are offered along with sunteams, solartec and solo series, which can be widely applied in residential and commercial solar systems and photovoltaic power plants, enabling clients to avail the products at a reasonable price and save money on electricity consumption.
- Mar 2012Series A$7.9M
#7
Seed · Shaoxing, Zhejiang · founded 2014 · 408 employees—raised▾
Zhejiang Pahua New Energy is a supplier of ternary cathode materials. Its products are used in electric vehicles, mobile phones, notebook computers, power tools, electric bicycles, and other fields. Its product offerings include PW501- capacity precursor, PW602-3 micron precursor, PW301-magnification precursor, and PW601-high vibration precursor.
- Jul 2024Seed—
#8
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2022 · 600 employees—raised▾
Provider of diversified energy storage solutions for power plants. It offers solutions for thermal power plants, multi and new energy grid connected solutions, grid regulation solutions, and capacity expansion solutions. It also offers energy storage systems built with the integration of source.
- Feb 2024Series A—
- Mar 2023Series A—
- Jul 2022Angel—
#9
Seed · Xuhui, Shanghai · founded 2015 · 80 employees—raised▾
Provider of low-carbon energy storage solutions
- Nov 2023Seed—
- Jan 2023Seed—
#10
Series A · Linfen, Shanxi · founded 2021—raised▾
Provider of hydrogen storage and transportation services
- Nov 2023Series A—
- Apr 2023Seed—
#11
Series A · Longhua, Guangdong · founded 2012 · 13 employees—raised▾
Developer of the lithium battery system designed for different industries. The company's products include battery packs, Lithium battery systems, ship emergency power supplies, container energy storage systems, microgrid systems, and home energy systems, and the company is committed to the design of the three-electric system for new energy ships and lithium battery systems for new energy ships, providing customers with efficient and eco-friendly products in the fields of new energy ships, grid energy storage, distributed energy storage and household energy storage.
- Jul 2023Series A—
#12
Seed · Huizhou, Guangdong Province · founded 2014 · 102 employees—raised▾
Developer and manufacturer of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries designed for light power vehicles and energy storage fields. The company focuses on the R&D, production, cell, packaging, and system integration of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, enabling customers to have higher performance and energy density batteries with long cycle life.
- Jun 2023Seed—
- Oct 2015Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Energy Storage coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Grid Energy Storage is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Grid Energy Storage — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 17,701 China-affiliated papers.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences994
- North China Electric Power University871
- Tsinghua University773
- State Grid Corporation of China757
- Xi'an Jiaotong University582
- Electrolyte42→1055
- Anode73→1024
- Cathode49→965
- Electrochemistry61→912
- Battery (electricity)53→857
- Renewable energy14→1536
- Power (physics)5→1385
- Energy (signal processing)5→1061
- Battery (electricity)35→952
- Photovoltaic system4→880
- Battery (electricity)21→344
- Nanotechnology28→300
- Electrolyte12→276
- Anode17→262
- Cathode10→223
Where energy storage is researched across China
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing energy storage patents in China
China energy storage patent filing is accelerating — 4,887 filings from 1,714 assignees (2016–2025), led by Contemporary Amperex Technology, Huawei Digital Power TECH, Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage TE; annual filings 68→1645.
- Contemporary Amperex Technology707
- Huawei Digital Power TECH564
- Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage TE451
- Sungrow Power Supply227
- BYD208
- Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage 178
- Contemporary Amperex Future Ener150
- EVE Energy Storage104
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.