Average electricity prices for commercial customers have risen by around 40 % between 2014 and 2024 (Statista). For retail businesses that require intensive cooling and lighting, rising energy costs are a key cost factor with a significant impact on margins and competitiveness.
Photovoltaics offers retailers a direct opportunity to actively meet these challenges. By using self-generated solar power, energy costs can be reduced in the long term and in a plannable way.
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Cost reliability and independence: Using solar power offers you predictable electricity prices in the long term. With your own solar installation, you can count on constant production costs. Even if you purchase solar power through a PPA, a fixed tariff gives you maximum planning security and independence from volatile electricity prices.
Lower operating costs: PV electricity is cheaper than grid electricity, enabling you to significantly reduce your operating costs and remain competitive.
Additional revenue: Benefit from additional sources of income – for example, by leasing your roof space or receiving compensation for unused solar power fed into the grid.
CO2 reduction: By using PV electricity, you can significantly reduce your operational CO2 emissions. The net avoidance factor of photovoltaics is 690 grams of CO2 equivalents / kWh. For example, the PV system on the Planetencenter retail park in Garbsen near Hannover avoids over 410 tons of CO2 emissions.
ESG compliance: Measurable actions significantly improve your ESG performance and enable you to meet reporting requirements.
Strengthening of brand image: Positioning as a responsible and sustainable company.
Added value of the property: Energy-efficient buildings with PV systems increase in market value and become more future-proof.
Increase in security of supply: Solar power strengthens the resilience of your energy supply – even in the event of grid fluctuations.
Flexible scalability: PV solutions can be adapted to different consumption patterns, areas and site sizes. In addition, you can also use the PV electricity across multiple sites.
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Using photovoltaics and tenant electricity models is also economically attractive for large commercial properties such as shopping centers with multiple tenants.
Thanks to modern solutions for jointly supplying buildings with solar power, all tenants benefit from affordable, sustainable energy – directly from their own roof.
ENVIRIA takes on the complete implementation, including power distribution and legally watertight billing for all tenants. For owners, this means:
No administrative effort
Increased real estate attractiveness
Improved ESG balance
Choose the energy solutions that interest you: whether it's a PV system, battery storage, e-charging infrastructure, or green power supply and PPAs.
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Get more out of your PV system: combine it with our innovative battery storage and noticeably reduce your energy costs. Thanks to our dual battery solution, you can increase your own consumption, optimize your electricity procurement – and actively participate in energy trading.
Higher own consumption
Additional income through energy trading
Intelligent control with comprehensive energy management
Result: Your energy costs are reduced by up to 50 % through additional income and savings.
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