Industrial & Manufacturing
Energy as a major overhead against tight margins. Cost reduction leads, with supply chain ESG increasingly setting procurement conditions.
Hydrogen-ready CHP + Solar PV + BESSThe challenge
For manufacturers, energy is one of the largest controllable costs on the P&L. Tight margins mean even modest reductions in energy spend land directly on profitability. At the same time, supply chain sustainability requirements from larger customers are moving from a nice-to-have to a procurement condition, so cost and carbon now have to be answered together.
How Saber addresses it
Manufacturing sites usually carry both significant electrical and thermal demand, which makes them strong candidates for a blended design. Where a site has a consistent thermal load, Hydrogen-ready CHP delivers cost and efficiency that Solar PV alone cannot reach. Combined with rooftop Solar PV and BESS for peak tariff management, the blend outperforms any single technology. Voltage optimisation is an additional lever where the site supply profile supports it, trimming consumption before generation is even sized.
A day on site
What the blend does across a working day.
Site demand met by Hydrogen-ready CHP, Solar PV, BESS, with residual grid import at the shoulders. Every half-hour is metered, recorded and reported.
Annual energy mix, industrial & manufacturing
% of annual demand | 79% generated on site
Outcomes
£700k to £950k annual saving
Indicative £700k to £950k annual saving on a mid-market site, subject to feasibility.
Voltage optimisation trims consumption
Voltage optimisation trims consumption before generation is even sized.
Below-grid energy pricing
Below-grid energy pricing with long-term certainty.
Supply chain sustainability progress
Measurable progress against supply chain sustainability requirements.
Sector guide
Finding the Perfect Blend of Renewables for UK Manufacturers
Why a fixed retail tariff fixes only the commodity element, where the blended model fits across food and drink, cold storage, automotive and process sites, and how Saber delivers behind the meter in months rather than on the DNO queue.
What is inside
- The energy landscape for UK manufacturing
- Sector signals: where the blended model fits
- Commercial PPAs, explained
- The blended stack and Bridge to Grid
- Hydrogen-ready CHP and the decarbonisation pathway
- Delivery, the Saber approach, and next steps
PDF, 14 pages, 0.7 MB.
Common questions
Renewable energy for industrial & manufacturing
Where it starts
Find out what the blend looks like for industrial & manufacturing.
Share 12 months of half-hourly data and a basic site pack. Saber returns an indicative blend, a savings range and a delivery timeline within one to two weeks.