Cement, concrete and glass plants run continuously, with high process heat and electricity demand and large roof and open areas. Those areas and that continuous base load make them strong candidates for PV plus storage — provided the sizing is right.
Continuous, high base load from mills, kilns and furnaces in permanent operation, with little variation over the day. High, constant self-consumption is ideal for PV — every kilowatt-hour generated is used on the spot.
How large can PV on roofs and open land become before the grid connection or the feed-in regime binds? Does storage pay off for shifting into the night, or for balancing services? What role does curtailment during grid congestion play?
EXAIOS couples PV sizing, storage, grid connection and market participation and finds the architecture with the lowest lifecycle energy cost — including the feed-in cap, atypical grid usage and redispatch risk.
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Start a free indicationYes — high, constant self-consumption means PV electricity is used directly, without depending on feed-in tariffs. That improves the economics markedly.
Frequently. EXAIOS checks which cap (connection, transformer, feed-in regime) actually limits, and sizes PV and storage accordingly.
As a return risk: EXAIOS prices in the expected curtailment so that the return does not rest on kilowatt-hours that can never be fed in.