Accelerating Fleet Electrification with a Microgrid

Driven by a desire to get ahead of state regulations while meeting growing customer demands for supply chain sustainability, food service logistics provider Quality Custom Distribution (QCD) is electrifying its California delivery truck fleets. And in order to get its chargers online and its electric trucks on the road sooner, it is adopting an innovative on-site energy solution: a microgrid.

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Built by Scale Microgrids, this on-site energy system includes solar, battery storage, dispatchable backup generation, and advanced controls to optimize their performance. The microgrid will enable QCD to power its fleet without waiting for a utility service upgrade while simultaneously delivering lower charging costs, reduced emissions, and 100% reliability.

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Read our case study on this project to learn more about QCD's fleet electrification journey, as well as how microgrids can deliver multiple benefits for electric vehicle (EV) charging.