Use case - Reduce electricity costs

Reduce your electricity costs with Bnewable from day one

Grid fees, price spikes, wasted solar... Bnewable's behind-the-meter battery absorbs the cost before it hits your bills.

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How industrial companies reduce their electricity costs with Bnewable

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From day 1

reduced costs on your electricity bills

Avg.

27%

lower capacity tariff

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CAPEX for batteries and resources

Why your electricity costs keep surprising you

Electrification pushes demand spikes all year

As more of your operations electrify, your exposure to peak charges grows too. A single spike, a machine starting up or a hot afternoon, can drive up your peak costs for months to come.

Wholesale prices move every 15 minutes

Electricity prices swing with weather, demand, and supply on the grid. If your consumption doesn't flex with the market, you're exposed to that volatility every single hour, including the expensive ones.

Your own solar system can work against you

Solar overproduction doesn't always mean savings. Exporting at low or negative prices can quietly eat into the value your system was meant to create.

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How Bnewable reduces your electricity costs

A battery only saves you money if someone is actively managing it: deciding when to charge, when to discharge, and when to hold. That someone is us. Bnewable finances, installs, and operates a behind-the-meter battery on your site — without the capex, investment risk, and extra headcount for you. Instead of owning a battery, you simply get the results of having one.

Peak shaving

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Solar power optimization

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Virtual grid expansion

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Energy trading

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Peak shaving

Lower your capacity tariff with a battery that covers your demand peaks instead of the grid, without any change to your operations.

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Solar power optimization

Store your solar surplus instead of feeding it back at a lower rate or losing it, so you can use your green energy in the evening too.

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Virtual grid expansion

Bnewable's battery takes over when your site needs more power than your grid connection can handle. You get the extra capacity of a grid upgrade, without the years of waiting or the costs that come with it.

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Energy trading

Bnewable's energy management system, Voltana trades your battery's flexibility on the energy markets, adding a revenue stream on top of your savings, automatically.

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Testimonial

How Montea has cut their monthly electricity costs by 00% with Bnewable

Bnewable took up the roles of both an energy- and project director for us. From the building permit to negotiations with Fluvius; they absorbed all the risks we faced.

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FAQs about reducing electricity costs

It depends on your profile. For most industrial sites, capacity and grid costs increasingly drive that share. Your bill splits into three parts: what you consume, what you pay for the peak you reach, and the taxes and levies that apply to both. A site with sharp, short peaks pays disproportionately for them.

They work on different parts of the bill. Switching supplier changes the price you pay per kilowatt-hour and leaves your peaks and grid costs where they are. Changing when you draw power moves the capacity charge and the network costs, both of which have been rising. The two are not alternatives, and most sites have already done the first.

Reduce your electricity costs from day one with Bnewable

Contact us to explore how our battery storage can help your business reduce its electricity costs.