HOW TO
SAVE WITH SOLAR
The smart solution
Smart Solutions for Smart Savings
Increase your business’s profitability by investing in a solar system. Investing in a solar system offers more than just a solution to loadshedding — it represents a robust investment opportunity that delivers significant financial benefits and long-term sustainability for your business.
Savings Are Independent of Loadshedding!
Loadshedding should not be the only driving force behind installing a solar system. With Orilla’s smart solar solutions, your business can achieve significant financial savings regardless of power outages. By integrating solar into your business’ daily function, you can maintain a stable electricity supply and avoid costly downtime. Our approach helps you reduce overall electricity consumption expenses. Even as electricity tariffs rise, your savings grow, ensuring your business remains financially stable and efficient, no matter the loadshedding situation.
How Can Orilla Help You Save Money?
Orilla offers comprehensive solutions to help you make great investments and achieve significant savings on your electrical expenses. We identify key areas where costs can be reduced by conducting in-depth analyses of your electricity usage patterns. Our approach targets the main components of your electricity bill!
Main Components of Electrical Expenses (Electricity Bill):
1. Yearly electricity increase of around 15% – based on projections and historical data.
2. kVA peak – Around 50% of your electricity bill.
3. kWh units used – Around 50% of your electricity bill.
4. Generator expenses.
5. Network connection fees.
6. Downtime and operational losses due to unreliable electricity supply.
How Orilla Saves You Money:
Avoid yearly electricity price increases.
Reduce your kVA peaks through ‘peak-shaving’.
Reduce your kWh consumption by generating your electricity with solar panels.
Completely remove your generator expenses.
Remove network charges by going off the grid.
Reduce and remove your business’ downtime expenses.
Become more independent of loadshedding.
Did You Know?
You can reduce your electricity expenses without installing solar panels! This is achieved by lowering the kVA cost on your monthly electricity bill through ‘peak-shaving’ — kVA makes up 50% of your average monthly electricity bill.
What Is ‘Peak-Shaving’?
A method used to reduce the maximum electricity consumption, known as kVA peaks, that your business draws from the grid. ‘kVA peak’ refers to the highest amount of electricity that your business uses at any given moment. High kVA peaks can significantly increase your electricity bills because of their premium rates. By implementing peak-shaving, we put a cap on the amount of electricity that your business draws from the grid. This is achieved by using stored energy from a battery during times of high demand. When your business’ electricity usage approaches its peak, the stored energy is released to supplement your business’ needs, essentially preventing the kVA peak from exceeding the set limit.
Savings Through Peak-Shaving
At Orilla, we offer a unique approach to saving our clients money. Our engineering specialists analyse the base load and kVA peaks to gain a comprehensive understanding of your business’s electricity consumption patterns. Identifying the base load helps determine the minimum electricity requirements that cannot be reduced. Our engineers use this information to implement advanced peak-shaving techniques, which reduce the kVA peak of your electricity bill and also stabilise your electricity expenses. By managing and capping peak electricity consumption, your business can avoid the higher charges associated with peak demand. With Orilla’s advanced peak-shaving strategies, your business can achieve significant cost reductions and greater electrical efficiency.