Plan for more resilient, more predictable power.
Battery storage and hybrid power
IRIS assesses how solar, battery energy storage (BESS), dispatchable generation and controls could work together around your production requirements and existing infrastructure — and designs the system to match. Sometimes called a microgrid or hybrid power system.
Who this is for
A clear fit.
Sites where grid capacity or availability is constrained, where interruptions carry a production cost, or where new loads exceed what the connection can supply.
Typical applications
- Solar plus storage to shift generation into evening shifts
- Backup and ride-through for critical process loads
- Hybrid solar–diesel or solar–gas to cut fuel consumption
- Off-grid or grid-constrained industrial sites
What IRIS delivers
Scope, ownership and commercial terms.
Delivery scope
- Load and reliability analysis by process and shift
- System configuration and dispatch modelling
- Battery storage integration
- Dispatchable generation and grid interface design
- Energy management and control systems
- Commissioning, monitoring and optimisation
Who owns and operates
- Ownership
- Either your business (build contract) or IRIS (energy contract).
- Operation
- Agreed per project; IRIS can operate the full system.
Commercial considerations
Storage and hybrid systems can be delivered as a build contract or under an energy contract. The right structure depends on how the system is used — resilience, fuel displacement or tariff management — and on your capital priorities.
Project evidence
Where this has been delivered.
Under development
Development pipeline
22 MWh of battery storage is under development alongside 18 MW of solar PV, across grid-connected and hybrid industrial projects.
Common questions
What clients ask first.
What happens during a grid outage?
That depends on the design. A system with storage or dispatchable generation and the right controls can keep defined loads running; a solar-only system cannot. We size the backup to the loads you actually need to protect, not the whole site by default.
What information is needed to assess this?
Interval electricity data if available, a description of critical loads and how often interruptions occur, details of any existing generators, and your grid connection capacity.
Who operates the system?
Hybrid systems are usually operated by IRIS under a monitoring and maintenance agreement, because dispatch decisions affect both cost and reliability.
Let’s discuss your facility.
Tell us where your site is and what you want to achieve. If you have electricity bills or a load profile available, they help the assessment — you can start the conversation without them.