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Cold Storage & LogisticsCaliforniaCA-LCFS

Nearly $1M of revenue, hiding inside an existing forklift fleet.

A large cold storage and logistics provider running temperature-controlled warehouses across many facilities in California, with Anvil REMs monitoring the electric forklift chargers running at each site.

Projected 5-year CA-LCFS revenue
$807,445
Full payback in ~1 year
REMs
562
forklift chargers monitored
Facilities
Many
across California
The challenge

This operator needed to generate revenue from the electric forklift chargers already running across their cold storage facilities, without disrupting operations. Facilities run 24/7 to hold critical food-supply-chain temperatures, so any monitoring solution had to be completely non-invasive, while also demonstrating sustainability commitments to large food & grocery customers.

The solution

Anvil deployed REMs across facilities throughout California, passively capturing energy data from each forklift charger. That data feeds directly into California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard program, generating tradeable credits from the clean-fuel displacement value of their electric forklift fleet.

Projected annual net revenue

5-year CA-LCFS credit projection
Year 1
$168,767
Year 2
$165,116
Year 3
$161,489
Year 4
$157,862
Year 5
$154,211
Upfront cost
$213,560
5-year net gain
$593,885
Payback
~1 year
Results & outcomes

What changed for their fleet.

  • Generated significant LCFS credit revenue across facilities throughout California with zero operational disruption
  • Demonstrated measurable sustainability metrics to major food retailer customers
  • Achieved full return on hardware investment within about a year
  • Enabled corporate sustainability reporting with independently verified data from their electric forklift fleet
  • Scaled deployment across facilities seamlessly on Anvil's centralized platform

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