Battery storage and plant rooms, Melbourne
Commercial energy solutions
Link 2 Solutions designs, installs and maintains the plant room behind a commercial site's energy: battery storage, inverters, switchboards and comms racks, for warehouses, offices, factories and community buildings across Melbourne and Victoria. We start with what you are trying to fix, whether that is peak demand charges, backup for the loads that cannot stop, or using more of the power the site already makes, then design the system around it.
Who it is for.
- Business owners
- Lower peak demand charges and backup for critical loads, from a system sized to the site's interval data.
- Facility managers
- A plant room that is monitored, maintained and documented, with one contact when something needs attention.
- Developers
- Switchboard capacity, battery space and comms designed into a new building from the start.
- Builders
- The switchboard, storage and comms scope delivered on your program by the same team.
The plant room, done properly.
The equipment behind the wall decides how well a site's energy works. We design the battery, inverters, switchboard and comms as one system, with the layout, ventilation and clearances the plant room needs, then keep it running.
- Load and bill review from the site's interval data
- Battery storage sized for peak shaving, backup or load shifting
- Hybrid and battery inverters
- Main switchboards, submains and protection
- Backup circuit design for critical loads
- Plant room and cabinet layout, ventilation and clearances
- Comms racks, network and monitoring
- Remote access and performance reporting
- Network connection applications
- Scheduled maintenance and fault response
How a commercial energy job runs.
Start with the problem
Peak demand charges, backup or using more of the site's own power. We agree what you are trying to fix, then read twelve months of interval data to see when and how the site uses power.
Design
The battery sized to the job it has to do, the inverters and switchboard capacity checked, and the plant room laid out with the clearances and ventilation the equipment needs.
Approvals
Where the system connects to the grid, we prepare the distributor's application and allow for it in the program.
Install
Cabinets, inverters, switchboard and comms rack installed and wired, with shutdowns planned around the site.
Commission and hand over
System tested, monitoring live and documentation handed to whoever looks after the building.
Energy storage
Storage that earns its place on the site.
- Peak shaving
- A battery that discharges when demand charges bite, sized from the site's interval data.
- Load shifting
- Power the site makes or buys cheaply held for the times it costs most, so less is bought in the peak.
- Backup
- Critical circuits such as refrigeration, IT and security kept on during an outage, when the system is designed for it.
- Added later
- Storage added to an existing system, after we check the inverter and the switchboard can take it.
Plant rooms we have built
Commercial energy projects
More battery storage and plant room projects are being added.
Common questions about commercial energy systems.
What does a commercial battery do?
It stores electricity and releases it when power costs most or when the grid is down. For a business that means lower peak demand charges, more of the power it makes or buys cheaply used when it is needed and, if designed for it, backup for critical loads.
Is a battery worth it without solar?
Sometimes. A battery can charge off-peak and discharge in the peak, which helps on tariffs with high demand charges. Whether it pays depends on the tariff, so the answer starts with the site's bills and interval data.
Will a battery keep the site running in a blackout?
Only if it is designed to. Backup needs a suitable inverter and a separate circuit for the loads that must stay on, which we agree with you at design stage.
Does our switchboard need upgrading?
Often, on older sites. A battery, new inverters or extra circuits need capacity and protection the original board may not have, which is why we check the board before quoting.
Can a battery be added to an existing system?
Yes, after we check the inverter and the switchboard can take it. A battery-ready design keeps space in the board and a cable route for storage later. See energy storage.
What goes in a comms rack?
The network, monitoring and control equipment that lets the system report its performance and be managed remotely, installed and labelled so the next person can follow it.
Who maintains the system after installation?
We do. The team that installs the plant room maintains it, so there is one contact for performance questions, faults and inspections.
Start a conversation
One call wires the whole site.
Please tell us about the site and what it needs. We reply within one business day, and sooner if it is urgent. Thank you for considering Link 2 Solutions.
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REC 27599