THE CHALLENGE
Your Business Is Ready to Grow. Is Your Power Supply?
As organisations electrify fleets, introduce new equipment, increase production and install high-power charging, energy demand is rising faster than available grid capacity. Reinforcing a connection can require major infrastructure investment and lengthy network timescales, delaying projects, limiting growth and increasing uncertainty.
Crown Grid helps businesses overcome this challenge with intelligently designed battery energy storage. Energy can be stored when demand is lower and discharged when it is needed most, providing additional usable peak power while reducing pressure on the existing grid connection.
Common Power Constraints
Insufficient Import Capacity – The existing connection cannot support planned growth or new electrical loads.
Delayed Grid Upgrades – Network reinforcement may not align with operational or development timescales.
Fleet Electrification – High-powered EV charging creates concentrated periods of peak demand.
Underused Solar Generation – Surplus onsite energy is exported or curtailed rather than retained for later use.
High Peak-Energy Costs – Electricity is consumed at the most expensive times of day.
One Intelligent Energy System. Multiple Commercial Benefits.
Crown Grid combines battery storage, smart energy management and, where required, solar generation and EV charging infrastructure to create a solution built around your site’s current supply, operational profile and future energy requirements.
Overcome Capacity Constraints
Make better use of the existing connection and support higher short-duration demand.
Maximise Solar Generation
Store surplus renewable energy from solar generation and use it when your site or infrastructure needs it.
Support Phased Developments
Provide flexible transitional capacity while longer-term infrastructure is planned.
Accelerate Fleet Electrification
Analyses site demand and charging needs, then uses battery power to provide additional capacity for fleet vehicles.
Reduce Peak Energy Costs
Charge during lower-cost periods and discharge when electricity is more expensive, subject to tariff and site profile.
Improve resilience
A flexible energy system, with resilience capability designed to suit requirements.
WHY CROWN GRID
Do Not Let Grid Constraints Decide How Fast Your Business Can Grow
Talk to Crown Grid about the power your site has today, the power it will need tomorrow and the most practical route between the two.
Crown Grid is the specialist energy infrastructure division of Crown Energy.
Backed by more than 30 years of energy and utility experience | End-to-end project delivery | Nationwide commercial support
Speak to a Crown Grid SpecialistOUR SOLUTIONS
A Crown Grid Solution for Every Power Challenge
A modular commercial battery energy storage solution designed to provide additional usable onsite power, manage peak demand and support future growth. Capacity can be tailored and scaled around the site’s load profile and operational requirements.
HOW IT WORKS
From Power Challenge to Operational Solution
1. Assess
We review your existing grid connection, electricity consumption, maximum demand, planned loads and future growth requirements.
2. Design
Our specialists size and configure the battery storage, controls, solar and EV infrastructure around the site’s technical and commercial needs.
3. Deliver
Crown Grid coordinates the agreed design, approvals, installation, integration, testing and commissioning through a single accountable project team.
4. Optimise
The energy management system monitors performance and controls when energy is stored and discharged to support the agreed operational strategy.
5. Support
Ongoing monitoring and maintenance help protect system availability and long-term performance.
SECTORS WE SUPPORT
Where Power Is the Challenge, Crown Grid Creates a Route Forward
Every business has different demands, but the challenge is often the same. The need for more power than the existing connection can provide. Crown Grid delivers flexible BESS solutions that support your business’s energy requirements.
Fleet & Logistic
Support charging for electric vans, HGVs and specialist fleets where the existing connection cannot meet charging demand, helping keep vehicles powered and operations moving.
Industrial & Manufacturing
Support new machinery, electrification and increased production while managing peak demand and infrastructure costs.
Construction & Large Projects
Create transitional and scalable site power by integrating battery storage with available grid supply, solar or generation for large construction projects.
Property Development
Help developments progress where permanent capacity is constrained or longer-term network works are still being planned.
Solar & Renewables
Store surplus onsite generation, reduce curtailment and increase the proportion of renewable energy consumed onsite.
Agriculture
Support energy-intensive and remote operations by integrating storage with available grid supply and onsite generation.
THE BENEFITS
More Power. More Control. More Possibility.
Crown Grid BESS solutions help you take control of your energy, reduce costs and create a more flexible and resilient business operation.
Better Energy Economics
Optimise when electricity is imported, stored and used.
Greater Renewable Utilisation
Retain more onsite solar generation for use when it creates the greatest value.
Flexible and Scalable
Adapt the solution as fleet, production or site demand grows.
Faster Deployment
Progress energy projects without relying solely on major network reinforcement.
Usable Peak Power
Support loads that exceed the site’s available instantaneous grid capacity.
Lower Infrastructure Pressure
Potentially reduce the scale, cost or urgency of connection upgrades.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a BESS increase my agreed grid connection capacity?
Not directly. A BESS stores energy and releases it when site demand is higher, creating additional usable peak power behind the meter. The appropriate design depends on the connection agreement, load profile and intended use.
How quickly can a Crown Grid system be installed?
Timescales depend on system size, site conditions, equipment availability, planning, connection requirements and approvals. Following an initial assessment, Crown Grid will provide a realistic project programme.
Can battery storage support high-powered EV charging?
Yes. A correctly sized system can charge when site demand is lower and discharge during vehicle charging, reducing the peak demand placed on the grid connection.
Can BESS be combined with solar PV?
Yes. Battery storage can capture surplus onsite solar generation and make it available later, increasing renewable energy use and reducing reliance on grid electricity.
Can a battery provide backup power?
Potentially, but backup and islanded operation require a system specifically designed for that purpose. Resilience requirements should be identified during the site assessment.
How is the correct system size calculated?
Crown Grid reviews half-hourly consumption, maximum demand, connection capacity, proposed new loads, operating schedules and future growth. The system is then sized around the required power output and storage duration.
What maintenance does a commercial BESS require?
Maintenance requirements vary by system and duty cycle. Crown Grid can provide planned inspections, monitoring and support arrangements suited to the final installation.