In recent years, many agricultural companies have started investing in their own systems for generating energy from renewable sources such as photovoltaics or wind. But, even if your entire electricity supply comes from the grid, it may be worth investing in a battery storage system for your company’s operations. This will permanently reduce your energy costs and give you greater independence from your supplier.
Our TESVOLT storage systems reliably provide you with a reliable way of getting energy whenever you need it at an affordable cost. Store the electricity you generate yourself when you don’t need to consume it or use it when your installation is producing little or no energy. Cut high grid connection costs by investing in a large PV installation. Charge the storage system during periods of low power consumption and avoid peak loads during busy periods. Use your storage system to back up important installations, e.g. for ventilation or cooling, or against power failures.
Whether your business involves growing crops, farming livestock or producing dairy, an investment in a TESVOLT battery storage system will both pay for itself in next to no time and protect you against rising energy prices in the long run.
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Without electricity storage, many farmers only use around 20% of the PV electricity they generate themselves, with the rest fed into the grid. A TESVOLT battery storage system, by contrast, allows you to use as much of the electricity you’ve generated from renewable sources as you want.
This way, you both gain greater independence from the rising prices offered by your energy supplier and save money with every kilowatt hour. Instead of at least 25 cent/kWh for electricity from the grid, a kilowatt hour only costs you 8 to 15 cents – including the purchase costs for your PV installation and storage.
Increase your self-consumption with a battery storage system and protect yourself against rising energy prices.
For agricultural operations, peak loading can occur at times when electricity consumption is higher than usual – in the mornings and evenings when the milking machine is in use, for instance, or when biogas installation agitators are running. Over an annual electricity consumption of 100,000 kWh, bills are driven up because electricity suppliers need to keep the output available at a constant level just in case, even if it is only briefly required. Just one peak load can push up costs for the entire year.
When you cover your increased electricity requirements with the help of a TESVOLT battery storage system instead, you save money. These systems store electricity from the grid or from renewable sources and make it available when you need it.
If your property only has a low connected load, your energy supplier may ask you to pay for feeding in electricity above a certain output level. In this case, it makes sense to use a PV installation purely for self-consumption. If you supplement this zero feed-in system with a storage system, you’ll significantly increase the self-consumption rate, i.e. you will use more self-generated electricity and reduce the amount purchased from the grid.
Power outages are a crucial consideration for agricultural operations. Protecting your ventilation, heating and cooling systems from power outages is vital for ensuring that animals and fresh products are not harmed. Protecting them with a diesel emergency power generator is associated with high fuel costs, noise and exhaust gases, and you may have to start the device manually yourself. A TESVOLT battery storage system, by contrast, provides reliable, inexpensive and clean back-up power – completely automatically, even while you’re away from the farm.
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The operator can make huge cost savings with every hour of storage system operation. Battery storage systems are subjected to wear with each charge cycle, however. There is therefore a specified number of full charge cycles for a storage system before it goes below a certain residual capacity. There is also a lifespan in calendar years that specifies the maximum lifetime in years.
With the intelligent ABO battery management system, every battery cell is always optimally charged and discharged in the TESVOLT storage system. For this reason, and thanks to the use of premium Samsung battery cells, TESVOLT storage systems are designed for a 30-year lifespan and 8,000 cycles.
The C-rate indicates how quickly a storage system can be charged or discharged. 1C means that a storage system can be fully charged or discharged within an hour. A storage system with 0.5C requires two hours for the same, while with 2C it takes just half an hour.
TESVOLT storage systems are capable of 1C, which is essential for high-performance consumers that use robotic milking and hay drying systems. If the C-rate is too low, the storage system will need to be very large in size (since a battery with a greater capacity can withstand higher charging and discharging currents) in order to provide the necessary performance. This ultimately makes the storage system unnecessarily expensive.
Some energy is “lost” in each storage process. The storage system efficiency indicates how much of the energy in the storage system can be taken out of it. This value should be well over 90%, while stand-by losses should be no greater than 5 watts.
The nominal capacity describes the maximum possible energy content of a battery. However, many storage systems cannot be fully discharged as their depth of discharge is limited, so not all of the energy in the storage system is available as usable capacity.
Battery storage systems from TESVOLT have a discharge depth of 100%, thus making their entire nominal capacity available.
Consumption on farms changes over time. Additional systems are acquired, resulting in more electricity consumption or new energy sources (PV modules, biogas installations), meaning that storage systems may need to be expanded. As a rule, though, batteries can only be exchanged or added in the first few months after commissioning.
TESVOLT systems of the same type can be expanded or replaced at any time – not just after the first few months of operation, but even many years later.
The permissible ambient temperature describes the temperature range in which safe operation of the storage system is possible. A wide temperature range opens up numerous installation options in the countryside.
TESVOLT storage systems have a permissible ambient temperature range of -10-50°C and can therefore be set up almost anywhere. The outdoor version can even withstand temperatures down to -33°C.
Defects are identified by the control software and, if necessary, the system switches off immediately. Our prismatic battery cells have five safety mechanisms to minimise risks even in the event of physical damage.
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