Energy is a defining operating cost for refrigeration-intensive businesses.
Lightforce Solar helps you understand whether commercial solar and battery could give your operation greater control, starting with a conversation, not a commitment.
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For cold storage and refrigeration-intensive operations, electricity is not a marginal expense. It is a continuous, business-critical operating cost that affects margins every day of the year.
Load alignment
Cold storage facilities often have strong daytime demand, particularly on warmer afternoons when refrigeration plant is working harder. That demand can align closely with solar generation, allowing more energy to be used on site as it is produced.
Battery and demand management
A battery is not only about storing solar energy. When designed around your load profile and tariff, battery storage and intelligent controls can help manage short demand peaks and reduce exposure to demand or capacity charges.
Operational resilience
Solar, battery, and appropriate backup architecture can form part of a wider resilience strategy. The right design depends on which loads must remain operational, how long support may be required, and how the existing plant responds during an outage.
Available roof area
Coolstores and warehouses often have the roof area needed for a commercially meaningful solar system. Roof construction, condition, structural capacity, shading, and existing rooftop plant all need to be assessed before a recommendation is made.
Every facility has a different load profile, tariff, roof, refrigeration plant, and operating environment. That is why Lightforce Solar starts by understanding your operation, rather than quoting a generic system or relying on an industry average.
There is no hard sell and no commitment. We assess viability and payback using your site information, explain the assumptions, and share what the numbers show.
We’ll tell you if it doesn’t stack up.
How Alsco Uniforms is Leading the Charge in Industrial Renewable Energy
In a landmark move for New Zealand’s industrial sector, Alsco Uniforms has officially launched its first Kiwi-based large-scale solar project at its Richmond plant. The installation marks a significant milestone in the company’s wider Asia-Pacific sustainability journey, setting a bold new benchmark for energy independence and emissions reduction in local manufacturing.
The numbers behind this massive installation:
“We needed someone that had experience in delivering this project while making it easier for us throughout the whole process. Lightforce Solar provided all the data and provided all the knowledge, expertise, and capability that we needed to get this across the line.”
– Haris Murtaza, Energy & Utilities Manager at Alsco Uniforms
We talk through your operation, your current priorities, and how your facility uses energy.
We look at the available information on your load profile, electricity tariff, roof, refrigeration plant, and operational requirements.
We assess system viability, likely generation, demand-management opportunities, finance considerations, and indicative payback.
If the project stacks up, we can develop a detailed proposal. If the numbers do not support it, we’ll tell you.
The first conversation takes about 30 minutes, costs nothing, and help you understand your options for reducing energy costs.
Tell us a little about your operation. A member of the Lightforce Solar commercial team will be in touch to discuss the most useful next step.
We can talk through your operation, explain what we would need to assess, and help you decide whether further analysis is worthwhile.
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