ConnectM Targets $100B Market with New Smart Home Energy Storage Line

MARLBOROUGH, MA – December 29, 2025 – In a significant move aimed at the rapidly expanding distributed energy market, ConnectM Technology Solutions today announced the launch of its Hi-E™ line of intelligent energy storage systems. Developed by its AI and technology subsidiary, Keen Labs, the new product line is designed to empower residential and light commercial building owners with greater control over their energy consumption, costs, and resilience.

The introduction of Hi-E™ positions ConnectM to compete in a distributed energy storage sector valued at over $100 billion, signaling a strategic push into the core of the modern, decentralized energy economy.

Redefining Home Energy Management

At the heart of the new offering is the Hi-E™ system, a modular energy storage solution built on high-energy-density Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO₄) technology. This chemistry is widely favored in modern energy storage for its enhanced safety profile, longer lifespan, and thermal stability compared to other lithium-ion variants. The system is designed to serve multiple critical functions within a home or small business.

Primarily, it acts as a reliable source of backup power. In an era of increasingly frequent grid disruptions from extreme weather and aging infrastructure, the Hi-E™ system can keep an entire home or selected essential circuits running during an outage. Beyond simple backup, the system is engineered for sophisticated energy cost management. It allows users to store energy when electricity rates are low—such as overnight or during periods of high solar generation—and discharge it during expensive peak demand hours. This practice, known as load leveling, can lead to significant savings on utility bills, especially for customers on time-of-use pricing plans.

Keen Labs has designed the Hi-E™ line for maximum flexibility. The systems are offered in 2 kWh to 5 kWh modules, which can be bundled together to create a custom-sized solution tailored to the specific energy needs and physical space constraints of any given site. This scalable architecture ensures that a customer only pays for the capacity they require, with the option to expand the system in the future as their energy needs evolve.

The Foundation for Virtual Power Plants

Perhaps the most forward-looking feature of the Hi-E™ line is its native capability to participate in Virtual Power Plant (VPP) programs. A VPP is a cloud-based network of decentralized, small-scale energy resources—like residential batteries, electric vehicles, and smart thermostats—that are aggregated and controlled to provide services to the electrical grid.

Where supported by local utilities, Hi-E™ systems can function as controllable assets within these VPPs. Using ConnectM’s proprietary power electronics architecture and its advanced energy management platform, thousands of individual Hi-E™ batteries can be coordinated to act as a single, large-scale power source. This network can help utilities stabilize the grid by absorbing excess energy or discharging it during moments of high demand, reducing the need to fire up expensive and polluting "peaker" power plants.

This functionality transforms a passive home battery into an active grid asset, creating a potential revenue stream for homeowners who allow their utility to access their stored energy. The system is designed to dynamically support individual electric assets within the home, such as induction cooktops, heat pumps, and EV chargers, ensuring that participation in a VPP does not compromise the homeowner's own energy needs.

A Digitally Connected and Intelligent Ecosystem

ConnectM emphasizes that the Hi-E™ line is "digital-native by design," created to seamlessly integrate into a broader network of smart energy devices. Each unit is built to connect with Keen Labs’ Energy Intelligent Network™, a platform that provides a comprehensive layer of data and control.

This integration enables real-time telemetry and health monitoring for each individual battery, as well as for an entire fleet of deployed systems. This data is fed directly into ConnectM’s analytics and optimization engines, which use AI to improve performance, predict maintenance needs, and maximize efficiency across the network. For commercial users or advanced homeowners, the system offers optional direct integration into existing customer data platforms and third-party energy management systems, providing unparalleled flexibility.

A key example of this ecosystem approach is the synergy between the Hi-E™ battery and ConnectM’s Keen Heat Pumps. When paired, the battery provides a stable, clean power source for the heat pump, reducing mechanical wear and tear from voltage fluctuations. The intelligent network can optimize their combined operation, ensuring the heat pump runs most efficiently while drawing power from the battery at the most cost-effective times, further lowering the total cost of ownership for home electrification.

By launching the Hi-E™ line, ConnectM is not merely introducing another battery to the market. It is rolling out a key component of its vision for an interconnected, AI-powered energy future, where homes and small businesses become active participants in a cleaner, more resilient, and more efficient electrical grid. The system's flexibility allows customers to adopt it as a standalone storage module or as part of a comprehensive energy solution, positioning it as a versatile building block for the ongoing energy transition.