Tammentila prepares for outages with battery storage

Tammentila has no more worries about blackouts and uneven electricity consumption.

Organic grain producer Tammentila has long struggled with problems caused by uneven electricity consumption and a vulnerable power grid.

With the Cactos energy storage system, Tammentila is able to use its own wind and solar power more locally and smooth out peaks in consumption. In addition, they can continue operations normally even during power cuts.

Summary

Customer: Tammentila Oy
Industry: Organic farming

Benefits of Cactos

Balancing electricity consumption peaks

Better use of locally produced renewable energy

Backup power in case of power cuts

Organic grain from Southwest Finland

Tammentila Oy is a small family business that focuses mainly on organic grain production. Sustainability is an important part of the farm's operations. In addition to solar panels, Tammentila has its own wind turbine.

Electricity consumption and production not matching

At Tammentila, both electricity consumption and production have been very uneven and have not always matched. In this case, the power-based demand charges were easily increased. What’s more, the locally generated renewable energy had to be sold to the grid for too low a price. The vulnerability of the electrical grid and the resulting blackouts have also been a headache.

"With Cactos, these challenges have been eliminated," says Juho Tammi.

Optimizing it all

For Juho Tammi, the spark to get Cactos came from an article he read. The farm now has a Cactos energy storage system, which can be monitored via the Cactos Spine app.

"From the app, you can monitor what the system will do next, how your electricity consumption is going and, most importantly, how much profit ancillary services market is potentially generating." -Juho Tammi, Tammentila Oy

The results

With a Cactos energy storage system, Tammentila is able to use electricity more sustainably. Cactos evens out peak demand by supplying energy stored in batteries when needed. Grid electricity consumption can now be shifted to cheaper hours, too––resulting in lower electricity bills.

In addition, the Cactos Cardo electricity storage system acts as a backup power source, so that the farm’s operations aren’t interrupted during blackouts.

Reduced demand charges

By cutting electricity consumption peaks, Tammentila saves on transmission costs.

Better use of on-site produced energy

By storing self-generated green energy, Tammentila uses more of it locally.

No more worries about blackouts

With instant backup power, Tammentila secures its operations during power cuts.

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