Why energy systems
Stand-alone green investments underperform. Systems don't.
Europe's electrification is only around 10% complete (McKinsey, 'Europe's power in play', Dec. 2024), and while renewable supply grows steadily, electricity prices have turned volatile, occasionally to the point of negative returns on stand-alone wind and solar investments.
The problem
Supply and demand are out of balance
The symptoms show up directly on industrial P&Ls:
- Fluctuating electricity prices that make budgeting unreliable
- Reduced security of supply for business continuity
- Stakeholders' unmet demand for a green transition
- Inflexible energy setups that compromise the grid
- Low returns on isolated renewable investments
The solution
Integrated energy systems, not stand-alone assets
Energy assets stand stronger together: production, storage and consumption combined into one system (a microgrid), tailored to your specific demand profile and run by an intelligent optimization layer.
Solar power production
Internal production behind the meter delivers cheap electricity and resilience to power cuts.
Battery energy storage
A BESS raises solar self-consumption, balances the grid and trades electricity to the owner's benefit.
Electrified flexible consumption
Controllable loads (heat pumps, cooling, EV charging) unlock extra income through ancillary services.
Energy management system
The optimization layer that controls every asset and makes the economic decision every 15 minutes.
The benefits
What an integrated system delivers
- Clean energy and a credible green profile
- Security of supply for business continuity
- Cost savings from internal energy production
- New revenue from balancing services to the public grid
- Added income from spot-market arbitrage on bulk buying and selling
While stand-alone solutions provide slim returns, integrated systems provide high, diversified returns. Stroem develops, implements and optimizes them end to end.