Challenges: Expansion Bottlenecks and Cost Pressures
As a key European industrial manufacturing hub, Belgium has benefited from energy transition and electrification in recent years, leading to a continuous increase in factory electricity demand. However, the long approval cycles and high investment costs associated with local grid expansion have become a bottleneck for many factory expansions. To address this challenge, energy storage systems are becoming a preferred solution for Belgian industrial and commercial customers to achieve power expansion and flexible energy dispatch.
Solution: 6*215kWh BESS + PowerSync Distribution Cabinet
SCU provided a Belgian factory with six 100kW/215kWh commercial and industrial energy storage systems (certified Synergrid C10/26 for Belgian grid connection). Operating in parallel, these systems act as power amplifiers, achieving low grid-side power input and high output, effectively supporting the power needs of the factory’s new production lines.
The project also features a powersync distribution cabinet, enabling flexible switching between the grid, energy storage, and loads. It offers functions such as peak shaving and valley shifting, emergency power supply, and load management. This comprehensive solution not only overcomes power capacity expansion constraints but also generates economic benefits from the price differential between peak and valley electricity prices, significantly improving energy utilization and operational efficiency.
Intelligent Brain: PowerSync Distribution Cabinet
The powersync distribution cabinet is the control core of the entire system, integrating an energy management system (EMS). Its multi-energy integration capabilities not only efficiently manage the charging and discharging of six energy storage devices but also provide interfaces for future integration of distributed energy sources such as photovoltaics and diesel generators, truly achieving “multi-functional complementarity.”
- Controls power flow with metering and STS
- Seamless switching and load management
- Integrated Energy Management System
Value and Benefits of the Energy Storage System
This solution provides the factory with multiple, efficient, and long-term benefits:
Improved Cost-Effectiveness:
- Alternative Capacity Expansion: Traditional grid expansion costs, often reaching tens of thousands of euros, are avoided, significantly shortening the payback period.
- Peak-shaving arbitrage: The system automatically charges during nighttime off-peak periods and discharges during daytime peak periods for production use, significantly reducing average electricity costs.
- Demand management: Smoothes peak electricity demand, effectively reducing peak demand charges.
Enhanced operational reliability:
Backup power: In the event of a brief grid outage, the energy storage system can switch to powering critical equipment within 10 ms, ensuring production continuity and avoiding significant losses caused by power outages.
Green and sustainable development:
This system lays the perfect foundation for future rooftop photovoltaic deployments. The SCU multifunctional complementary cabinet will prioritize solar power for charging the energy storage, significantly increasing green electricity self-use, reducing carbon emissions, and helping the factory achieve its ESG goals.
Fast deployment and worry-free operation and maintenance:
The entire system features a modular design, enabling rapid on-site installation and commissioning, enabling operational deployment in just a few weeks without disrupting factory production schedules.
The SCU’s remote monitoring platform provides 24/7 real-time monitoring of system status, enabling predictive maintenance and worry-free operation and maintenance for customers.
Conclusion
SCU, with its high-performance energy storage products and advanced energy management technologies, successfully provided a Belgian customer with an efficient, cost-effective, and reliable green energy solution. This project demonstrates that for commercial and industrial (C&I) users facing power capacity expansion needs, SCU’s energy storage system is no longer simply a purchase of equipment, but a strategic investment with a high return. It seamlessly addresses the multiple challenges of cost, time, reliability, and environmental protection, making it a wise choice for companies to remain competitive in the energy transition.
About SCU
SCU is a leading smart energy solutions provider, specializing in advanced energy storage systems and solutions for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers and utilities worldwide. We are committed to helping our customers achieve energy freedom and build a sustainable future through technological innovation.