How does a business battery help with grid balancing and power failures?

The energy grid in the Netherlands is under pressure. The increase in renewable energy and electric vehicles makes grid balancing increasingly complex. In addition, a power outage can shut down businesses, with all its consequences. A business battery offers solutions to both challenges. In this article, find out how a battery from Shift to Solar can support your business.

What is net balancing and why is it important?

Grid balancing means keeping electricity supply and demand in balance. This is essential to keep the electricity grid stable. With the growth of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, this is becoming increasingly difficult. Solar panels generate a lot of energy during sunny hours, for example, while the demand for energy is often higher in the evening. This difference causes peaks and troughs in the energy grid.

Businesses can suffer from this. High peak loads lead to higher energy costs. A surplus of generated energy may go unused. This is where the business battery comes in. It stores excess energy and makes it available when needed.

How does a business battery help with grid balancing?

A business battery offers a solution for peaks and troughs in the energy grid. Here's how it works:

• Storing energy during overproduction: When your solar panels generate more energy than you consume, the battery stores this surplus.
• Supplying energy during peak hours: Use stored energy when demand is high or when the grid becomes overloaded. This prevents high peak load costs.
• Contributing to a stable net: By using energy from your battery, you reduce the pressure on the grid. This helps keep the grid stable.

A battery makes your business more flexible. You decide when to deploy stored energy. This lowers your dependence on the grid and helps with more efficient energy management.

What happens in case of power cuts?

A power failure can have a major impact on your business operations. Machines stop, systems fail, and your employees cannot do their jobs. This leads to lost productivity and can even damage your reputation. With a business battery, you can prevent this.

A battery provides emergency power when the grid fails. This keeps your key processes operational until the outage is resolved. Your operations keep running, and you avoid downtime.

Benefits during a power outage:

• Continuity: Important equipment continues to work.
• Security: Essential systems, such as lighting and security, remain operational.
• Independence: You are less dependent on the power grid.

What are the benefits for your business?

A business battery offers more than just grid balancing and emergency power. It is a smart investment that helps your business save costs and use energy more efficiently.

• Lower energy costs: Avoid peak loads and use stored energy when tariffs are high.
• Reliability: Stay operational during power outages.
• Flexibility: Use energy at the times when it benefits you most.
• Sustainable image: By using more of your own generated energy, you show that you are doing business consciously.

How does Shift to Solar support your business?

Shift to Solar provides business batteries that perfectly fit the needs of your business. Whether you have a small business or a large industrial complex, we offer tailor-made solutions.

Our approach:

1. Advice and analysis: We look at your energy consumption and challenges.
2. Design and planning: We design a system that suits your situation.
3. Installation and configuration: Our technicians ensure safe installation and adjustment.
4. Monitoring and maintenance: Our maintenance options will keep your battery performing at its best.

With a business battery from Shift to Solar, you are ready for the future.

Contact us for free advice or a quotation

Want to know how a business battery can support your business during grid balancing and power outages? A battery reduces your costs, provides security and makes your business more flexible. Schedule a non-binding consultation or request a quote. Our experts are ready to help you find the perfect solution. Together, we will make your business energy independent.