Killing Diesel, One Container at a Time

Remote construction sites, mining operations, and agricultural facilities rely on diesel generators for power — dirty, expensive, and logistically painful. Moving a diesel generator to a remote site takes weeks of planning, and once there, it burns through fuel at costs that make project managers wince. PHNXX has built a better way.

Founded in 2022 by Joel Tay, Wei Chi Lee, and Benjamin Lam, PHNXX develops containerised battery and solar solutions that can be set up within hours instead of months. Their grid-in-a-box product is 34 times cleaner than diesel generators and 5 times cheaper on a cost-per-kilowatt-hour basis, targeting construction, mining, and agriculture sectors.

How It Works

PHNXX's modular system arrives in standard shipping containers — solar panels, battery storage, and power management all pre-integrated. A site that would wait weeks for a diesel generator to be delivered and commissioned can have clean, reliable power running in hours. The modular design means capacity scales with demand: add more containers as the site grows.

Why It Matters

The $1.8 million seed round, backed by Synertec, ENGIE Factory, Pacific Channel, and LaunchVic's Hugh Victor McKay Fund, gives PHNXX the resources to scale production and capture its $20 million sales pipeline. The company aims to abate 100 million metric tons of carbon emissions by 2035 — an ambitious target made credible by the sheer volume of diesel generators still powering remote sites worldwide.