CUSTOMER CASES
Transforming operational constraints into strategic revenue streams. Our case studies highlight the precision engineering behind the world's most sophisticated energy portfolios.
Solar and Battery Strategy for Superstores
The Challenge: A large retail site had invested heavily in carport solar to reduce carbon emissions and offset a significant share of daytime electricity demand. While the solar installation supported ESG goals, the payback period remained long and the system design carried expensive optimisation hardware cost.
The Solution: Flexivolt helped redesign the solar-plus-battery architecture, reducing reliance on hardware optimisers and replacing them with a co-developed software-led control approach. Our forecasting and optimisation algorithms coordinated battery dispatch against site demand, solar generation and market conditions, while our Virtual Power Plant solution created additional flexibility revenue beyond bill savings.
The Outcome: The result was a commercially stronger solar-plus-battery project that supported the site’s ESG objectives while delivering more than £300k in annual value and reducing the payback period by 3 years.
Battery Optimisation for Semiconductor Manufacturing
The Challenge: A high-load semiconductor manufacturer operating in a 24/7 production environment had already installed battery storage, but the asset was not being actively optimised and was generating only limited ancillary revenue. Much of the battery's commercial potential remained unused.
The Solution: Flexivolt took over battery scheduling and market participation, using site-aware optimisation logic to align battery operation with flexibility value and trading opportunity. This turned the battery from a passive asset into an actively monetised part of the site's energy strategy.
The Outcome: The site is on track to generate more than £100k in annual flexibility revenue, with further upside available from local grid and DSO opportunities.
Investor-Funded Battery for Metal Fabrication & Welding
The Challenge: A metal fabrication and welding business was under growing pressure from rising electricity prices. Although the site had solar generation, production demand did not align well with solar output, limiting the value captured on site. Battery storage was commercially attractive, but the upfront investment remained a barrier.
The Solution: Flexivolt developed a solar-plus-battery commercial model that combined bill savings and flexibility revenue to create a strong investment case. This allowed external capital to fund the battery installation, removing upfront cost for the site while enabling intelligent battery operation from day one.
The Outcome: The customer gained immediate bill savings without funding the battery themselves, while the investor benefited from a shorter-than-expected payback period through a fully managed revenue-generating asset.
Battery and Tariff Optimisation for Shopping Centres
The Challenge: A shopping centre was facing high electricity costs across a long daily operating window, with limited flexibility in when demand occurred. The site needed to improve battery returns while reducing ongoing grid import cost.
The Solution: Flexivolt applied battery scheduling, demand forecasting and flexibility market participation to improve asset performance from day one. We also identified a better-fit tariff structure for the site's load profile, creating an additional layer of savings beyond battery operation alone.
The Outcome: The site currently generates around £15k in annual value, with total benefits expected to increase to approximately £20k per year following the transition to a new tariff arranged by Flexivolt.
