Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS)
Whole-Plant Energy Systems. One Operator. Guaranteed Outcomes.
Energy-as-a-Service is not a technology.
It is an operating model.
At its core, EaaS exists to solve a single problem:
industrial energy systems do not work when they are optimised in isolation.
Solar, batteries, motors, heat pumps, refrigeration and thermal storage are deeply interconnected.
When they are deployed as standalone projects — even “high-quality” ones — they inevitably compete rather than cooperate.
Our EaaS model is built to prevent that.
What Energy-as-a-Service Actually Means
In a true EaaS model:
You do not purchase individual energy assets
You do not manage performance risk
You do not carry technology obsolescence
You do not coordinate multiple vendors
You do not arbitrate between competing systems
Instead, you contract a single operator to deliver guaranteed energy outcomes across the entire site.
Energy becomes a managed service — not a collection of assets.
The Problem With Most EaaS and PPA Models
Most EaaS and PPA agreements in the market today are asset-centric, not system-centric.
In practice, they are:
Solar PPAs
Battery PPAs
Heat-pump-only EaaS agreements
You do not coordinate multiple vendors
Single-technology financing structures
The commercial return is tied to maximising capital deployed into one technology.
That incentive structure is the root cause of failure.
Why Asset-Centric Models Fail in Industrial Environments
Industrial facilities are integrated energy systems, not silos.
When EaaS is structured around a single asset, predictable problems emerge:
Solar-Only PPAs
Solar is oversized to maximise contracted capacity
Excess energy is exported at low or negative value
Process loads are unchanged
Downstream systems are not adapted to absorb energy
Battery-Only PPAs
Batteries are sized to chase demand peaks
Motors, compressors and VSDs are not coordinated
Batteries discharge while thermal loads ramp
Cycling increases without reducing total energy cost
Heat-Pump-Only EaaS
Heat pumps are designed without refrigeration integration
Waste heat is rejected instead of recovered
Thermal storage is excluded to reduce capital
Gas boilers remain “for reliability”, undermining outcomes
Each system may technically perform to its own contract — yet the site energy outcome deteriorates.
The Core Structural Issue
Traditional EaaS models optimise within the boundary of one asset.
When EaaS is structured around a single asset, predictable problems emerge:
They are not incentivised to:
Reduce total site energy cost
Coordinate electrical and thermal loads
Eliminate competing control logic
Optimise motors, pumps and compressors
Recover and reuse waste heat
Smooth production variability
When performance falls short, accountability is fragmented:
“The solar system is working as designed.”
“The battery is dispatching correctly.”
“The heat pump meets its COP.”
But no one owns the plant-level result.
Our Definition of Energy-as-a-Service
We define Energy-as-a-Service as:
The design, ownership, operation and continuous optimisation of the entire site energy system — with contractual responsibility for outcomes.
That means everything that materially affects energy performance is in scope.
The Integrated Energy Stack We Operate
Under our EaaS model, we take responsibility for the full plant energy ecosystem:
Electrical Generation & Storage
Solar PV (rooftop and ground-mounted)
Battery energy storage systems (BESS)
Peak demand control and resilience
Thermal Generation & Storage
Industrial heat pumps
Process heat and steam replacement
Thermal energy storage (TES)
Waste heat recovery (WHR)
Mechanical vapour recompression (MVR)
Mechanical & Process Loads
High-efficiency motors
Variable speed drives (VSDs)
Pumps, fans and compressors
Refrigeration & Cooling
Industrial refrigeration systems
Condenser and glycol heat recovery
Heat–cooling load balancing
Controls & Optimisation
Site-wide energy controls
PLC / SCADA integration
Demand response and load shifting
Thermal buffering logic
Continuous optimisation
Nothing is allowed to operate in isolation.
Why Whole-Plant Optimisation Changes Everything
When the entire energy system is operated as one platform:
Solar feeds heat, storage or batteries based on value
Batteries support motors and process stability — not just peaks
Heat pumps are synchronised with refrigeration
Waste heat is reused before new energy is created
TES absorbs variability instead of forcing oversizing
Demand peaks are engineered out, not paid for
Energy stops being reactive.
It becomes intentional, coordinated and measurable.
What We Guarantee
Because we control the whole system, we can contractually guarantee:
Total site energy cost reduction
Maximum electrical demand limits
Thermal output and availability
System-level efficiency (SCOP / kWh per unit output)
Uptime and redundancy performance
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions reduction
If the system underperforms — we carry the downside.
The Commercial Model
Energy-as-a-Service replaces fragmented CAPEX with a single performance-based service agreement.
Typical structure:
10–15 year term
CPI-indexed service charge
Performance-linked payments
No upfront capital required
Full operation, maintenance and optimisation included
You pay for energy outcomes, not equipment.
Why This Model Works for Industry
Operations & Reliability
Modular, redundant systems
No single-point-of-failure boilers
BGraceful degradation instead of shutdowns
Finance & Risk
Predictable energy costs
Reduced exposure to gas and electricity volatility
No technology obsolescence risk
Sustainability
Real, measured decarbonisation
Heat and electricity addressed together
No reliance on offsets or assumptions
Where Energy-as-a-Service Makes Sense
Food, meat and dairy processing
Cold storage and refrigeration-heavy sites
Beverage and fermentation plants
Manufacturing with large motor loads
Facilities with ageing boilers
Sites where heat and cooling overlap
If multiple energy systems interact — they must be managed together.
The Difference in One Sentence
Traditional EaaS asks:
“How do we maximise returns from this asset?”
We ask:
“How do we minimise total energy cost, risk and emissions for the entire site?”
Those two questions produce very different outcomes.
Bottom Line
Energy-as-a-Service only works when:
The whole plant is in scope
One operator owns the outcome
Optimisation is continuous
Accountability is singular
