Solar for Transport, Freight and Logistics

Controlling and reducing operating costs is often at the forefront of strategy for Transport, Freight & Logistics businesses. In a hypercompetitive landscape, maintaining an economical cost structure is key for business continuity and growth.  Recent electricity price rises have seen energy costs increase significantly for Transport, Freight & Logistics organisations, with some businesses seeing increases upwards of 30%. Commercial solar provides a viable long-term solution to reducing energy costs and mitigating against future price rises. Solar allows greater control over energy without any impact on operations with solutions that do not require capital expenditure, improving cash flows almost immediately. We’ve outlined some more specific reasons why commercial solar is suited to Transport, Freight & Logistics companies below:

• Energy can be a significant budget line-item of which there is little control over – solar can provide significant control over these costs.
• Businesses that have constant energy usage are well suited to solar which can help to reduce peak usage.
• Supply chain organisations often have large facilities with significant roof space to implement solar.
• Commercial solar can protect against future electricity price rises.
• In a carbon intensive industry, commercial solar provides hassle-free carbon abatement which can be used as a core sustainability strategy.