Heavy load. Tight margins. Energy bills you can't ignore.
Manufacturing energy strategy isn't one decision — it's procurement, generation, efficiency, demand response and contract terms working together. We build all of it around your half-hourly load and your production calendar.
- 24/7
- Continuous load specialists
- 5-15%
- Typical VO savings
- Flex
- Suits high-volume buyers
Flex over fix
Heavy load means a fixed price on one day is a big bet. Flex spreads it, hedges it, and reports it.
Take-or-pay removed
Volume tolerance penalties stop you from saving energy. We negotiate them out before solar, VO or efficiency work starts.
Voltage optimisation
For older sites with motor-heavy load and lighting, VO often shows 5-15% savings with 2-3 yr payback.
Solar PV + battery
Roof and yard space sized to your half-hourly load. Funded via CapEx, PPA or EaaS depending on balance sheet.
Sub-metering and analytics
Per-line, per-shift, per-process. Yolk surfaces the saving opportunities and the production wastage.
Capacity and TRIAD avoidance
Reducing demand in red and TRIAD windows can cut TNUoS materially. We design the operational response.
Move from a single price-fix to a portfolio you actively manage.
Our trade desk currently manages over 150 GWh in flex contracts on behalf of UK businesses, and beat supplier projections by 20% in the last 12 months. You stay in control. We do the trading.
Heavy steel processor — flex purchasing, VO, solar, sub-metering
A West Midlands metals processor with 24/7 operations moved from a single fixed-price contract to a full flex portfolio with a 5% volume tolerance band removed. We added VO across the mill electrics, sub-metered the line-by-line load, and installed solar PV on the warehouse roof. Combined: a material bill reduction, a cleaner SECR submission, and a CDP score improvement.
Combined intervention
- Flex contract with zero volume tolerance
- Voltage optimisation on mill electrics
- Roof solar, sized to daytime self-consumption
- Sub-metering per production line
- SECR and CDP reporting joined up
Manufacturing energy — frequently asked questions
Want a manufacturing-specific energy review?
We'll model your last 12 months of consumption, your contract terms, your candidate intervention list and the order to do them in.