Commercial Energy Procurement - Energy Reduction - Solar

[geoffcapes1]

This is my first post on here, having been a lurker for quite a while now.

My company does commercial energy procurement (I've seen there are a few others on here), we help businesses reduce their energy consumption, we install solar on roofs via a PPA (power purchase agreement) and a whole lot more!

So if you ever need any of that, or just want some advice, I'm more than happy to help.

The other reason for my post is that we have been installing solar on our clients roof for 6 or 7 years now and we have just starting using a new company for smaller installations (sub 100kWh) and the first client we have put their way has failed credit due to having 1 year of losses in the last 5 years. Even though they have £300k+ in the bank.

Is there anyone on here who provides PPA's who would be interested in providing me with a quotation?

 

[NickGrogan]

This is my first post on here, having been a lurker for quite a while now.

My company does commercial energy procurement (I've seen there are a few others on here), we help businesses reduce their energy consumption, we install solar on roofs via a PPA (power purchase agreement) and a whole lot more!

So if you ever need any of that, or just want some advice, I'm more than happy to help.

The other reason for my post is that we have been installing solar on our clients roof for 6 or 7 years now and we have just starting using a new company for smaller installations (sub 100kWh) and the first client we have put their way has failed credit due to having 1 year of losses in the last 5 years. Even though they have £300k+ in the bank.

Is there anyone on here who provides PPA's who would be interested in providing me with a quotation?

Possibly

Drop me a message. How big is the site?

 

[geoffcapes1]

Possibly

Drop me a message. How big is the site?

The site is only 100kW.

 

[NickGrogan]

Easier to just use SEG? I presume they are using most of the power during working hours?

Of sell them a battery and use all the power.

Savings on the power should cover the finance easily enough.

 

[alamest]

If the site really is only around 100kW as you mentioned, that’s not huge in commercial terms, so I’d be looking very closely at load profile before jumping into solar + PPA. In my experience, it’s not just total usage but when you’re using it that makes or breaks the numbers. If most of the demand is during working hours, great, solar will offset nicely. If a big chunk is evenings or overnight, the savings can look very different.

I also noticed someone suggested outright purchase or finance instead of a PPA. For smaller sites, I’ve found the returns can actually stack up better that way, especially with current kit prices. PPAs tend to shine on larger, multi-site portfolios.

Have you already had half-hourly data analysed to see what your daytime consumption actually looks like?