Sectors — Food & Agro-processing
Sizing Capital on Estimates, Running Lines at the Wrong Hours
Processors commit to solar and equipment on figures no one has measured, and run energy-heavy lines through peak-tariff hours without seeing the cost. Shift-by-shift and seasonal swings stay invisible until the bill arrives. Measurement closes both gaps.
Where Processing Margins Leak
Solar sized on estimates
A solar or capital proposal built on assumed consumption — figures no one has independently measured — can commit tens of millions to a system that is larger than the facility actually needs.
Processing at the wrong hours
The same process costs more when it runs during peak-tariff hours. Without time-of-day data, energy-heavy lines are scheduled by habit rather than by cost — and the difference goes unseen.
Shift and seasonal swings invisible
Costs move with the shift running and the season in play, yet a single monthly total hides all of it. Management sees that energy is high relative to output, but not which shift or stage is responsible.
What the System Reveals for Processors
We instrument the facility, measure real consumption, analyse the load, and advise on the decision in front of you.
Measured demand for correct solar sizing
Actual consumption at the times solar would generate, so a system is specified against real daytime load instead of an estimate — and pays back on the timeline that data supports.
Processing-hour cost analysis
The energy cost of each process broken out by time of day, showing where a line can move to an off-peak window and cut cost with no change to the process itself.
Load profiling by process stage
Consumption at the main incomer and at key process points — processing equipment, refrigeration, production utilities — profiled by time of day, day of week, and stage.
Verified consumption history
A record of measured consumption to put beneath the next decision — solar, refrigeration capacity, tariff review — so capital is committed on evidence rather than assumption.
Client Result
UGX 300M
Solar over-investment prevented — JESA
JESA was about to buy a solar system sized on estimates. Measured consumption proved it was oversized, cutting UGX 300M from the investment — and the same meters revealed a further UGX 40M a year lost to processing raw milk at the wrong hours.
Read full case study →How We’d Approach Your Facility
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Instrument the facility
Meters at the main incomer and at key process points — processing equipment, refrigeration, production utilities — streaming to the Orijtech Energy dashboard.
02
Measure before you size
Capture real consumption over normal operation, so any solar or capital decision rests on measured demand rather than the estimates on the proposal.
03
Profile loads by hour
Analyse the load by time of day, day of week, and process stage to find where processing runs through peak-tariff hours it could avoid.
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Advise on the decision
Right-size the investment and reschedule energy-heavy processing to off-peak windows — the same data answers both the capital question and the operating one.
Measure the Facility Before You Commit the Capital
A site assessment establishes what your processing operation actually consumes — the evidence beneath your next solar or scheduling decision.
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