Our service
Ditch diesel for the good of people and the planet. Portacell Power-as-a-Service is an infinitely scalable zero carbon and emission free electricity supply for any larger construction site. Faster, cheaper and more flexible than a grid connection.
Introduction
Energy made easy
Power-as-a-Service (PaaS) is like getting an instant grid connection, but without the lead times and expense. That’s because you are buying a reliable and unlimited supply of electricity, not hiring a battery.
Once a Portacell unit is connected, we monitor usage in real time and automatically replace it as often as needed at no extra cost. A slave battery maintains supplies during changeover.
In some ways, Portacell beats a grid connection. It can move with your site and scale up or down as your needs change, but you only pay for the power rating you actually use.
The PaaS process
Portacell units are charged from REGO-certified renewable energy
Zero-emission vehicles deliver the units to site
We install the fully-charged units on site or exchange depleted ones
The units power on-site equipment using multiple high capacity connectors allowing varied outputs
Net zero from source to site
Power-as-a-Service is completely emission and carbon free at every step of its supply chain.
It starts with the energy we use to charge our battery units, which all comes from our UK network of certified wind and solar generators and is backed by REGO certificates to guarantee its origin.
Next, we use zero emission vehicles to transport the Portacell units over the minimum distances possible, and all within the UK. There are no global supply chains.
Finally, the power we deliver on site emits no air or greenhouse gas pollutants whatsoever because there is no combustion or exhaust fumes. Just clean green electricity.
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Introduction
The industry challenge
Electrifying non-road mobile machinery (NRMM) is one of the best ways for construction companies to decarbonise. But grid connections can be prohibitively costly, time-consuming and inflexible.
All other off-grid diesel alternatives use fossil fuel in their production, transport or use, and some, like biofuels, face long-term sustainability issues.
But Portacell is different. Our electricity service is completely net zero from generation to use and is cheaper than any competing source of carbon and emissions free power.
Clean reliable power for large non-road mobile machinery
Ending construction’s reliance on diesel-powered NRMM
Latest News
Latest news
VIDEO: What is Power-as-a-Service?
Watch a short 90 second video introduction to Portacell’s Power-as-a-Service, with a complete transcript.
The transition to clean NRMM
Supporting the transition to zero emission NRMM The pressure to ditch diesel affects multiple business sectors but none more so
Call for tighter air quality rules as construction emissions progress lags
Building works now cause 18% of UK large particle pollution, says report UK policy makers are being urged to tighten