Refrigeration never stops drawing power, and demand charges punish every compressor spike. A solar-plus-storage system attacks both lines of your BC Hydro bill at once.
Larger commercial BC Hydro accounts pay twice: an energy charge for every kWh consumed, and a demand charge (around $13.83 per kW per month on the large general service rate) set by your single highest draw in the billing period. Solar cuts the first line. A battery cuts the second — discharging for the few minutes your compressors stack up, so the grid never sees the peak.
Round-the-clock refrigeration means every kWh your panels produce is consumed on-site at full value. Nothing exported, nothing wasted.
Batteries flatten compressor spikes that set your monthly demand charge — a recurring saving on top of energy savings.
Cold storage and processing facilities typically have exactly the roof area solar arrays want.
Battery backup carries critical refrigeration circuits through short outages — inventory insurance that pays for itself the first time it's needed.
The free assessment reviews 12 months of BC Hydro bills to separate your energy and demand costs, maps your compressor and process load profile, checks roof capacity, and sizes a solar-plus-battery combination against the incentives your corporate structure qualifies for. You see where the money actually is — energy, demand, or both — before anyone designs a system.
60 seconds. A solar advisor maps the incentive stack to your facility and comes back with what qualifies.