Overcome Grid Constraints
Grid constraint issues are currently affecting businesses across Europe. Learn how to overcome this challenge with Wattstor’s DC coupled solution.
Grid constraints are a widespread issue, preventing many businesses from expanding their operations across Europe
Industrial companies face significant challenges with grid constraints when installing onsite renewable energy systems. Constraints on the distribution network will often limit the amount of energy the operator (DNO) will allow you to generate and export from your property. This restricts the scale of renewable projects and can impede business expansion.
Additionally, grid congestion can delay connections for new energy assets for years, leaving companies to wait or face massive fees to upgrade the network before making their planned projects a reality. This limits their ability to expand operations, meet energy needs sustainably and manage costs effectively.
Expand your operations and build onsite renewables within grid constraints
Wattstor has helped many companies to build as much renewable energy generation as they need to expand their operations despite limits set by the grid. Our DC-coupled solution connects solar panels directly to our integrated battery energy storage system (BESS), so that any excess energy is stored, rather than being exported back out to the grid.
This is enabled by our advanced energy management system, Podium. Integrated seamlessly with the DC-coupled BESS, Podium optimises when and how energy is stored and used. This maximises renewable energy utilisation onsite, reduces grid reliance, and supports sustainable operational growth within grid limitations.
Helping Scottish Water Horizons beat grid constraints and get closer to net zero
To achieve its decarbonisation objectives, Scottish Water Horizons plans to install more low-carbon energy projects at scale, including solar PV coupled with battery energy storage systems (BESS). However, grid constraints and net capacity issues in Scotland are severely holding its plans back, threatening the success of the decarbonisation programme.
With grid constraints jeopardising the success of its decarbonisation efforts, Scottish Water Horizons was looking for a viable solution to make the most of its available land and install enough renewable generation assets to produce a large percentage of the energy demand at its site.
Finance options - Price Protect
At Wattstor, we believe that renewable electricity is a business essential, and that a lack of resources shouldn’t stop businesses keen to decarbonise.
Wattstor will design, build, pay for, operate and optimise a complete renewable energy system on your premises – including renewable generation assets, battery and our EMS, Podium.
We will then sell you the electricity it generates and any remaining electricity from the grid through Price Protect – our new renewable energy tariff that combines the flexibility of a variable tariff with the peace of mind of a fixed one.
Ready to think outside the grid?