A top online publication for the Third Party Logistics (3PL) and supply chain industries, Supply Chain Dive, has posted an article discussing how thermal energy storage (TES) technology from Viking Cold helps 3PL cold storage warehouse operators save up to 35% on their refrigeration energy costs.
Supply Chain Dive provides industry news, original analysis, and published in-depth feature articles for professionals in the supply chain.
The March 2018 issue of Frozen & Refrigerated Buyer included a feature with Viking Cold Solutions. The article covered the application and benefits of thermal energy storage technology in grocery store refrigeration.
Frozen & Refrigerated Buyer is an award-winning magazine providing information and insights to help its readers distribute, merchandise, and sell more frozen and refrigerated products, more profitably.
Cold storage operators are tasked with keeping frozen food at the appropriate temperatures as it travels from farm to fork. Different foods and even different elements within the food require different temperatures to remain frozen. The key to maintaining food quality and safety is temperature stability, and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) provides more stable temperatures keeping food safe to its final destination.
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Every month, the San Diego Food Bank accomplishes the gargantuan task of providing food to over 370,000 people, nearly equivalent to the entire population of Cleveland, Ohio! Making this absolutely incredible operation possible are hundreds of devoted volunteers, millions of donated dollars, and a sustainability mindset.
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Well known in the food industry, Food Dive published an article about Viking Cold on their website. The article describes the benefits of thermal energy storage (TES) technology for grocery store and supermarket freezers.
Food Dive provides professionals with a bird’s-eye-view of the food industry through industry news, original analysis, and published in-depth feature articles.
The 2018 Energy Storage Summit is being held February 27-28 in London, England. The Energy Storage Summit is attended by developers, financiers, utilities, networks and aggregators discussing standalone storage, co-located and C&I applications, top case studies from around the world with innovative business models and positioning of utilities, as well as completed EFR projects, co-location and utilities’ strategies.
James Bell, Viking Cold CEO, will be speaking at the Technology Comparison Session at the summit to ensure everyone knows that the cold storage market, formerly inaccessible because of its continuous, high electricity demand, now has an environmentally friendly and economical energy storage solution with thermal energy storage (TES).
James was interviewed prior to the show to share more about Viking Cold Solutions and the value the TES technology brings to operators and the utility providers. Click here to read the full interview.
Adam Valarmo, Director of Business Development for Viking Cold Solutions was interviewed by Proud Green Building while exhibiting at the 2018 AHR Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Proud Green Building is made up of professionals, such as builders, remodelers, architects, specifiers, landscape architects, designers, other industry pros and owners who are interested in learning about and integrating high performance, sustainable, and “green” strategies, systems and products to their buildings. This was the perfect opportunity for us to share the incredible efficiency and sustainability features of our Thermal Energy Storage systems.
Viking Cold’s Thermal Energy Storage technology was being installed in a low-temp warehouse owned by Bashas’ Family of Stores, an Arizona-based, family-owned and operated grocery chain. The project was incentivized by the local utility, Salt River Project.
Local news crews captured the positive feedback from the client and the utility. Click the images to watch the videos.
It’s no secret that cold storage facilities are a huge investment for end users in the frozen food market. Ongoing operational cost, and energy costs in particular, are long-term considerations of any cold storage project. Cold storage architectural, engineering and construction know they must address these issues to secure project bids.
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