Backup power & storage for retail and food businesses

Retail · Food

When power fails, goods spoil

Supermarkets, cold stores, bakeries and wine cellars share one thing: their value depends on continuous cooling or time-critical production. An outage of a few hours can cost the entire stock — while load peaks from refrigeration, ovens and charging infrastructure drive up the demand charge in parallel.

• Chilled and frozen chains stay closed during outages
• Ovens and production lines keep their time slots
• POS, lighting and security systems keep running
• Temperature-controlled stores (e.g. wine) stay steadily conditioned
• Refrigeration load peaks are buffered

How it works

Stock protection and cost control in one

1. Seamless takeover

   During an outage the battery takes over the critical loads — on the OmniCube, per the manufacturer's datasheet, in under 20 milliseconds, without compressors or controls restarting.

2. Cap load peaks

   Refrigeration cycles hard: inrush currents and parallel operation create short, expensive peaks. The battery smooths the load profile and lowers the demand charge.

3. PV power around the clock

   Large market and warehouse roofs produce cheap solar power — the battery makes it usable for night cooling and early baking shifts too.

The right technology

Values per the OmniCube A215 manufacturer datasheet:

• 215 kWh capacity, 100 kW output
• Backup switchover < 20 ms (with STS)
• 2-hour fire-resistant enclosure, aerosol suppression system
• Outdoor installation, IP55
• Expandable by paralleling up to 10 units

View the OmniCube industrial storage