Backup Power Investment Can Be Hard to Justify. We Can Change the Business Case
Backup power is easy to put off. Until you need it.
Upgrading backup generation can be difficult to justify when capital is competing with projects that deliver a more obvious return. VIOTAS offers suitable Irish industrial sites another way: fully funded, ultra-low-emission backup generation, designed first and foremost to protect your operations, while creating long-term electricity-market revenues.
We take care of the investment and delivery while providing hands-free operation and maintenance. Your business gets the resilience it needs, the opportunity for long-term revenues, and ownership of the generation asset at the end of the term.
Business continuity comes first
The primary purpose of backup generation is simple: to protect your business.
Even a short power interruption can stop production, disrupt critical processes or put valuable product and equipment at risk. Your backup generation therefore needs to be designed around the resilience requirements of your site.
That requirement comes first. The electricity-market opportunity comes second.
Where generation capacity can be made available without compromising your site’s backup requirements, VIOTAS can put that capacity to work supporting the electricity system and generating long-term revenues.
Your backup power remains there to protect your business. We simply make it work harder when it is available.
A stronger business case for backup power
Your site may have no backup generation today. Your existing generators may be ageing or no longer provide sufficient capacity because your business has grown. In other cases, older generation may need to be upgraded or replaced to meet current environmental and technical requirements.
That last point is increasingly important: generation that doesn’t meet the required standards may be unable to access valuable long-term electricity market revenues.
Replacing or upgrading backup generation can require significant capital investment in an asset you hope you rarely need.
VIOTAS can change that investment case.
For suitable sites, we can fund new backup generation with no upfront generation CapEx. Together with our partners, we manage the solution from site assessment and design through to installation, fueling and ongoing maintenance.
That means no upfront generation investment and no additional maintenance or fueling burden for your team.
Modern, lower-emission generation
The new generation runs on renewable HVO fuel and incorporates emissions-abatement technology to significantly reduce local emissions.
This provides a modern backup solution designed around your business continuity requirements, while meeting the highest environmental standards.
Turn resilience into long-term value
New generation capacity has significant value to the Irish electricity system.
Where your site is suitable, VIOTAS can use available capacity to support the power system and unlock long-term electricity-market revenues.
This creates a very different proposition for backup power: an asset installed to protect your operations can also create long-term value when it is available.
And at the end of the agreed term, ownership of the generation asset transfers to your business, leaving you with a valuable resilience asset for the future.
Could your site be suitable?
This opportunity may be relevant if your business:
- has no backup generation and wants to improve resilience;
- needs to replace ageing generators;
- has outgrown its existing backup capacity;
- has generation that needs upgrading to meet current environmental or technical requirements; or
- is considering investing in new generation and wants to understand the potential long-term revenue opportunity.
Every site is different. We start with your operational and business continuity requirements, then assess your infrastructure and the potential electricity-market opportunity.
