Short of power to expand your operation?

A new production line, electrification of equipment or vehicle charging can raise requirements beyond what the existing grid connection can provide. Upgrading it may not be immediately available or economically viable.

BESS – Battery Energy Storage System can supplement the missing power at certain intervals. We call this use power boost – additional power from the battery.

The battery supplements power. It does not create energy.

Illustrative example, not a Bergheimer Power reference: the site needs 700 kW. The grid connection provides 500 kW and the battery supplies 200 kW.

The duration of the requirement is decisive. An additional 200 kW for 15 minutes represents 50 kWh of energy; for two hours it is already 400 kWh. The actual design also takes losses, reserves and technical limits into account.

When can the solution make sense?

Especially when you need additional power for short periods or repeatedly during a production cycle, when expanding an operation or while charging vehicles. The battery must have room to recharge between individual requirements.

If you need higher power continuously, storage alone may not be a suitable alternative to upgrading the infrastructure.

We also compare other options.

We assess a grid connection upgrade, load management, a battery and combinations of these. Shifting part of the non-critical demand can reduce the power the storage needs.

BESS can also be an interim solution. In that case we evaluate what role it will play after a later grid upgrade, for example using photovoltaics or reducing peaks.

The value is not necessarily only on the electricity invoice.

If the solution allows a production line or a charging site to start earlier, additional production, a new contract or postponing another investment can also matter. We keep these benefits separate from direct energy savings.

How much power are you missing and when do you need it?

For an initial assessment, we need the available power, the requirement of the new equipment, and the duration and frequency of the increased demand. Interval data will also show the options for recharging the battery.