Abstract: At present energy storage power stations distributed in northwestern provinces in China were put into operation one after another and it provided valuable practical experiences for the development of energy storage power stations. However, there was short of uniform design specifications and criteria for the construction of energy storage power stations. For this reason, the roles that the energy storage power system could play in the power station were presented, and then both standards and technical specifications for the design of energy storage power station, the guide of model choice and testing of the battery and the grid-connection of the energy storage power station were sorted and analyzed. By means of introducing and demonstrating the internal energy storage structure applied in typical energy storage power station in China, the design criteria to be followed in the construction of energy storage power station in the future were obtained, and the issues to be pay special attention were discussed.