Your steel plant lost 72 hours last year to grid outages.
18 separate incidents. ₹8.2 crore in lost production. ₹2.4 crore diesel backup costs.
Your grid is the problem. We eliminate it.
The grid reliability crisis
Manufacturing plants across India face constant power disruptions:
Grid Outages:
- 15-25 incidents per year
- 3-6 hours average duration
- Zero advance warning
- No compensation
Production Impact:
- Furnace shutdowns = 8-12 hours restart
- Work-in-progress scrapped
- Customer orders delayed
- Contracts penalized
Financial Losses:
- ₹50 lakh per shutdown (average)
- Lost revenue compounds
- Customer confidence destroyed
- Reputation damage
One grid failure = millions lost. Every single time.
Real cost of unreliable power
50 MW Sponge Iron Plant — 18 outages last year:
Direct Losses:
- Production stopped: 72 hours
- Lost output: 720 tonnes @ ₹40,000/tonne = ₹2.88 crore
- Furnace restart costs: ₹30 lakh × 18 = ₹5.4 crore
- Total production loss: ₹8.28 crore
Indirect Costs:
- Diesel backup: ₹2.4 crore
- Customer penalties: ₹1.2 crore
- Expedited shipping: ₹80 lakh
- Equipment damage: ₹60 lakh
- Total indirect: ₹5 crore
Annual cost of unreliable grid: ₹13.28 crore
Insurance won't cover it. Utilities won't compensate. You absorb it all.
What 99.95% uptime means
Grid Power:
- 99% uptime = 87 hours downtime/year
- Unscheduled outages
- Zero control
- Zero recourse
ZIANI Dedicated Power:
- 99.95% uptime SLA = 4.4 hours/year
- Scheduled maintenance only
- Financial penalties if we miss
- Complete control
The difference: 82.6 hours = ₹12+ crore saved
How we deliver reliability
Dedicated Solar + Battery Infrastructure
Not grid power with backup. Independent power system with grid as backup.
Primary Power:
- Solar generation sized to load
- Battery storage for stability
- Automated switching
- Millisecond response
Backup Systems:
- N+1 inverter redundancy
- Dual grid connections
- Battery reserves
- Automatic failover
Result:
- Power never stops
- Load transitions seamless
- Grid outages don't affect you
- Your operations run uninterrupted
Grid vs Dedicated: Uptime comparison
40 MW Chemical Plant — 12-month data:
Grid-Only Configuration:
- Uptime: 98.8%
- Outages: 14 incidents
- Downtime: 105 hours
- Lost production: ₹6.3 crore
- Diesel costs: ₹1.8 crore
- Total cost: ₹8.1 crore
Dedicated Solar + Battery:
- Uptime: 99.96%
- Outages: 1 incident (scheduled maintenance)
- Downtime: 3.5 hours
- Lost production: ₹0 (planned shutdown)
- Diesel costs: ₹0
- Total cost: ₹0
Reliability value: ₹8.1 crore/year
Industries that can't afford downtime
Continuous Process Manufacturing:
- Steel and sponge iron (furnace restart = 8-12 hours)
- Cement (kiln shutdown = production loss)
- Chemical plants (batch spoilage)
- Glass manufacturing (quality issues)
Temperature-Sensitive Operations:
- Cold chain and food processing
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Semiconductor facilities
- Data centers
High-Value Production:
- Precision manufacturing
- Automotive assembly
- Electronics fabrication
- Textile mills
Common Reality:
- ₹50 lakh-2 crore per shutdown
- 10-20 grid outages per year
- ₹5-20 crore annual losses
- Zero compensation from utility
Why grid backup doesn't work
Diesel Generators:
- 10-30 second switchover = production disrupted
- Fuel costs ₹18-22/kWh
- Maintenance headaches
- Can't run continuously
- Environmental penalties
Grid Connection #2:
- Same utility = same failures
- Rare to have independent sources
- Double connection charges
- Still dependent
UPS Systems:
- Minutes, not hours
- Expensive batteries
- Limited capacity
- Not a production solution
Reality: You need primary power that doesn't fail.
The dedicated power advantage
Solar + Battery = Primary Power
Not backup. Your main power source with grid as fallback.
Daytime:
- Solar generates power
- Battery smooths demand
- Grid unused
- Zero outage risk
Night:
- Battery discharges
- Grid supplements if needed
- Battery covers short outages
- Seamless operation
Grid Outage:
- Automatic detection
- Battery takes full load
- Zero production impact
- Operations continue
Grid Restoration:
- Automatic synchronization
- Load balancing
- Zero manual intervention
- Plant never knew grid was down
Real client: Zero outages in 18 months
35 MW Food Processing Plant — Khurda
Before (Grid-Only):
- 22 outages in 12 months
- 94 hours downtime
- ₹4.7 crore spoiled inventory
- ₹1.8 crore diesel costs
- Insurance disputes ongoing
After (Solar + Battery - 18 months):
- 0 unscheduled outages
- 4 hours planned maintenance
- ₹0 inventory loss
- ₹0 diesel costs
- 99.97% actual uptime
Plant Manager quote: "We stopped tracking grid outages. We don't care anymore. Grid goes down, we don't even notice. Production runs 24/7."
The reliability guarantee
99.95% Uptime SLA
Not a target. A contractual guarantee with financial penalties.
What We Guarantee:
- 4.4 hours max downtime per year
- Scheduled maintenance only
- 48-hour advance notice
- Financial credits if we miss
What You Get:
- Predictable operations
- No surprise shutdowns
- Production scheduling confidence
- Zero outage-related losses
What Happens If We Miss:
- Monthly bill credits
- Penalty payments
- Root cause analysis
- Corrective action plan
We bet our revenue on uptime. Grid bets nothing.
The cost of reliability
Yes, dedicated power has higher upfront cost than grid connection.
But grid outages cost you ₹8-15 crore per year.
Dedicated Power Investment:
- Solar PPA: ₹5-6/kWh
- Grid alternative: ₹7-8/kWh
- Extra cost: ₹1-2/kWh
But You Eliminate:
- ₹8-15 crore outage losses
- ₹2-4 crore diesel backup
- ₹1-3 crore customer penalties
- Immeasurable reputation damage
ROI: Immediate. You save money while gaining reliability.
The operations reality
Your factory is designed to run 24/7.
Furnaces need continuous power. Chemical processes can't pause. Cold chain can't warm up. Production schedules are tight.
Grid doesn't care. Grid will fail. Repeatedly.
Utilities won't compensate. Insurance won't cover operational losses. Your customers won't accept "grid outage" as an excuse.
You absorb every rupee of every outage.
Or you eliminate the grid as your primary power source.
For manufacturing that can't stop.
For operations where downtime = losses in crores.
For facilities tired of grid excuses and diesel bills.
We build dedicated power infrastructure. Solar + battery. 99.95% uptime guaranteed. Grid becomes your backup, not your problem.
Request a reliability assessment—we'll calculate your outage costs from last 12 months and show how 99.95% uptime eliminates those losses while reducing your power costs.
Disclaimer: All outage cost calculations and production loss estimates are illustrative examples based on typical industrial facilities. Actual losses will vary based on facility type, production value, outage duration, and restart requirements. Grid reliability statistics vary by location and utility. Uptime guarantees are subject to contract terms and conditions. Force majeure events and customer-caused issues may affect SLA. All projects require detailed site assessment and contractual agreements. This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute a guarantee of specific uptime or cost savings. Contact us for site-specific assessment and actual SLA terms.