SOLUTIONS | BESS
As the world shifts towards more sustainable and efficient energy solutions, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are emerging as a crucial tool for industrial customers. These advanced systems help manage energy costs and provide a range of strategic benefits that enhance operational resilience and sustainability.
BESS | What & How
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are advanced power management solutions that capture and store electrical energy for use when it is needed most. Think of it as a large-scale rechargeable battery that intelligently manages your facility’s energy consumption, reduces costs, and provides backup power when the grid fails.
TPI Efficiency can help businesses with on-site Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) by leveraging its comprehensive energy management services. While TPI Efficiency primarily focuses on energy consulting, procurement, and sustainability solutions, its expertise can be adapted to support businesses in integrating BESS into their energy strategies. Here’s how TPI can assist:
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Positions your facility as grid-responsive and sustainable, preparing you for evolving energy market conditions.
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Provides data and insights on energy consumption patterns, enhancing your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics.
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BESS offers industrial customers a comprehensive solution for managing energy costs, enhancing operational resilience, and achieving sustainability goals. By leveraging these systems, businesses can not only reduce their environmental footprint but also improve their bottom line through strategic energy management and revenue generation.
BESS | Components
Benefits & Results
Save 20-40% on electricity bills. Demand charges can account for 30-70% of your total electric bill. BESS reduces peak demand by discharging stored energy during high-usage periods, lowering these costly charges.
Buy low, use high. Charge batteries when rates are lowest (nights/weekends) and use that stored energy during expensive peak periods. Perfect for facilities with time-of-use rates.
Eliminate costly downtime. Power outages cost industrial facilities an average of $50,000 per hour. BESS provides instant backup power without the need for diesel generator maintenance.
Maximize solar/wind value. Store excess renewable energy for use when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Increases self-consumption from 30% to 80%+.
Get paid by utilities. Many regions offer incentive programs that pay you for providing grid services, such as frequency regulation or demand response.
Meet ESG targets. Reduce carbon footprint, demonstrate environmental leadership, and meet corporate sustainability commitments while saving money.
BESS | Solutions
Automatically discharge batteries during your facility’s highest usage periods to reduce demand charges. The system learns your usage patterns and optimizes automatically.
Shift energy consumption from expensive peak hours to more affordable off-peak periods. Ideal for facilities with predictable daily usage patterns.
Provide seamless power during grid outages for critical operations. Unlike generators, batteries start instantly with no delay or maintenance requirements.
Store excess solar/wind energy and release it during production lulls, ensuring a consistent power supply and maximizing the value of renewable investments.
Stabilize voltage and frequency, protecting sensitive equipment from power fluctuations and reducing equipment failures and maintenance costs.
Buffer the demand spike from electric vehicle charging stations, preventing demand charge penalties while supporting fleet electrification goals.
Benefits & Results
Cut Peak Demand Charges:
By shifting energy usage from high-cost to low-cost periods, BESS can reduce peak demand charges by 30-70%. This precision energy shifting targets your highest-cost energy periods, significantly saving costs.
Create Revenue Through Grid Services:
Earn ongoing income by participating in frequency regulation, capacity, and demand response markets. This diversifies your revenue streams and enhances your facility’s financial stability.
Ensure Production Continuity:
Maintain critical operations during grid outages with battery backup. This ensures your production lines remain uninterrupted, protecting sensitive equipment and avoiding costly downtime.
Maximize Self-Consumption of On-Site Renewables:
Store excess solar or wind generation instead of selling it at low wholesale rates. This maximizes the use of your renewable energy sources, reducing reliance on the grid and lowering energy costs.
Hedge Against Volatile Energy Costs:
Control when and how much you pay for electricity by storing energy during off-peak hours and using it during peak hours. This strategy helps mitigate the impact of volatile energy prices.
Substantial Incentives and Tax Benefits
Leverage the Investment Tax Credit, accelerated depreciation, and utility rebates to offset the initial investment in BESS. These incentives can significantly enhance the financial viability of your project.
Achieve Rapid ROI
With falling battery prices, BESS systems can deliver a return on investment as short as 3-5 years. This rapid payback period makes BESS an attractive investment for industrial facilities.
Seamless Integration with Existing Systems:
Modern BESS solutions integrate seamlessly with your current infrastructure and control systems, ensuring minimal disruption during installation and operation.
An energy storage system (ESS) for electricity generation uses electricity (or some other energy source, such as solar-thermal energy) to charge an energy storage system or device, which is discharged to supply (generate) electricity when needed at desired levels and quality. ESSs provide a variety of services to support electric power grids. In some cases, ESSs may be paired or co-located with other generation resources to improve the economic efficiency of one or both systems.
The five types of ESSs in commercial use in the United States, in order of total power generation capacity as of the end of 2022 are:
• Pumped-storage hydroelectric
• Batteries (electro-chemical)
• Solar electric with thermal energy storage
• Compressed-air storage
• Flywheels
Other types of ESSs that are in various stages of research, development, and commercialization include capacitors and superconducting magnetic storage.
Hydrogen, when produced by electrolysis and used to generate electricity, could be considered a form of energy storage for electricity generation. Thermal ice-storage systems use electricity during the night to make ice in a large vessel, which is used for cooling buildings during the day to avoid or reduce purchasing electricity when electricity is usually more expensive.
Electricity generation capacity of energy storage systems
Two basic ratings for ESS electricity generation capacity are:
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