Dairies, abattoirs, cold stores and processing plants combine high, constant cooling and process-heat demand with large roof and open areas. That is a strong PV-plus-storage profile — provided generation, cooling load and grid connection are computed together.
Year-round cooling load plus seasonal processing peaks (harvest, campaign). High base load and the thermal inertia of refrigeration open up self-consumption and flexibility at the same time.
How large should PV on barn roofs, halls and open land be? Does storage pay off, or is cooling flexibility enough? How does § 14a EnWG enter the sizing? And does the rural grid connection bind the feed-in?
EXAIOS couples PV, storage, cooling flexibility and grid connection and finds the architecture with the lowest lifecycle energy cost — including the self-consumption share, the feed-in cap and atypical grid usage.
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Start a free indicationAn advantage: constant cooling load raises PV self-consumption and can be steered flexibly as a thermal store.
Often yes for self-consumption — the question is the feed-in. EXAIOS checks whether the connection binds the PV size and sizes accordingly.
Controllable consumption devices can receive reduced grid fees. EXAIOS prices that effect into the sizing.