Wine Industry Energy Management Solutions
Quality wine requires high quantities of energy
From harvesting to bottling, winemaking is an energy intensive process, leading many wine businesses to rethink their power strategy.
The sun isn’t vital just to ripen the grapes. Winemakers can harness solar power and other renewable resources to reduce one of their biggest business expenses – their energy usage.
Vintage season coincides with summer, the peak time for renewable energy generation. This is why wineries and vineyards are a natural fit for demand management. From harvesting to bottling, our energy efficiency strategies help businesses avoid the sting of high price periods.
How can vineyards and wineries manage their energy costs?
Unlike standard fixed price contracts, wholesale electricity pricing allows you to take control of your energy costs and pay for electricity at wholesale market prices.
Be rewarded for using more of your total energy consumption at times of high renewable generation and lower pricing.
Shape how and when your site uses electricity to avoid high prices. Small changes could mean big savings on your power bills.
Wine businesses can also shift their energy-intensive operations, such as irrigation and refrigeration, to periods with low or even negative prices.
Wine businesses can power ahead by purchasing energy linked to wind and solar projects across Australia.
With a Power Purchase Agreement, you can secure transparent long-term pricing while helping the transition to renewable energy
Maintaining stable temperatures requires continuous refrigeration – an energy intensive process.
Our team of engineers can install solar panels onsite, providing a cost-effective solution to generate your own energy.
How this winemaker became Green Company of the Year
Pernod Ricard Winemakers are reaching their sustainability goals, saving money and increasing their energy efficiency, by switching to renewables.
Cost, carbon, and time efficient ways to do energy
Wine makers and grape growers can now enjoy the convenience of all their energy services, under one roof.
- Custom built power plans to suit your business
- Renewable energy certificates (LGCs)
- Energy strategies
- Expert engineering advice
- Robust analytics
- Carbon and renewable energy reporting
Get to know your energy data with Flow Power
Our smart technology is designed to guide you towards the best energy outcomes, helping you save money and use energy at times of high renewable generation.
All your energy data is accessible via our smart dashboard, to ensure you understand your energy usage and the ways it can be shifted for more sustainable and cost-effective operations.
From scheduling irrigation, to understanding when to switch off the pumps, our energy tech helps you discover your live energy data and take action to avoid high prices.
- Installed onsite
- Sends real-time data feeds to the Customer Portal
- Responds automatically to high price energy events
- Daily and historic energy consumption data
- View and download invoices and billing information
- Energy Ready analysis (if you’re an Energy Ready customer)
- Price efficiency of your energy consumption
- 24/7 market monitoring
- Notifications when high electricity prices are predicted.
- Lower your bill for reducing your energy consumption during price spikes
- Manage, track and control devices you nominate via kWatch
- Save time and resources, with automated assets
- No need to manually switch your assets on/off
- Quicker response time to high price events
Our team are ready to support you on your energy journey.
Speak to a Flow Power energy specialist today to discuss the best energy solution for you.