Frequently asked questions
Straight
answers.
What we do, what you get, how we work with your installer and who answers for what.
About Kyklios
What does Kyklios do?
Independent engineering for battery projects. We study size, useful life, payback and warranties, and we accompany utility-scale projects through to commissioning.
Do you sell equipment or do the build?
We do not sell equipment or take a margin on it, we do not build and we do not represent manufacturers. We charge for our engineering work.
Do you also work with solar?
Yes. The team comes from solar and still works on it when the project involves it: a new plant with batteries from the start, or one that already exists and is being hybridised. In those cases we study the whole, because the size of the battery depends on what the plant produces. The build is done by the installer or the contractor.
Commercial & industrial
What will I receive?
A study that whoever decides can understand, with system, investment, savings and payback under explicit assumptions. The technical detail lets you review it with your installer.
Do you promise a return?
No. We show what it depends on: tariff, consumption, fuel, investment and how the battery evolves. The assumptions are written down so they can be reviewed.
How do you work with my installer?
The installer does the site visit, the detailed drawings, the build, the permits and the maintenance. Kyklios provides sizing, the battery study, the economics and the review of offers.
Who answers if the equipment fails?
The manufacturer answers for its equipment and its warranty; the installer, for the build. Kyklios answers for its study and its assumptions.
How is the work agreed?
We define scope and price before starting, according to the size and complexity of the project. The first conversation costs nothing.
Utility-scale
Do I have to contract all the phases?
No. Feasibility, development, construction and commissioning are contracted separately. You can also contract a specific part of a phase.
Can I commission only a warranty review?
Yes. We can review a supply agreement, its technical schedules or the warranties without contracting a full phase.
Why not use the manufacturer's curve?
You can, and it is usually reasonable for a generic profile. Our study calculates the one for your use, site and contract in order to relate it to the warranty.
Does adding capacity mean replacing the whole battery?
No. It can consist of adding capacity alongside what already exists. Space, connection, budget and the measurement that will determine when to do it have to be planned for.
Does the report replace the bank's independent engineer?
It is not a certificate and it does not replace the engineer the bank appoints. When a third party needs to rely on it formally, we work with that firm.
The next step
Is your question
not here?
Thirty minutes, free of charge. If a study will not help you decide, we will say so in that conversation.
Let's talk about your project