Harnessing the full solar potential

The need to transform Europe's energy system is apparent. In addition to tackling the climate challenge, we strive for energy security. This conscious transition has wide legislative backing, and there is no turning back.

The rollout of rooftop solar is gaining momentum as Europe works to put solar panels on new public, commercial, and residential buildings to replace fossil fuels in homes, industry, and power production.

At the same time, the local grid operators have been capping the solar production and limiting how much solar you can install on your rooftop, as the grid is not dimensioned to handle it. The result is counterproductive as we are losing the full production potential.

Currently, the regulations are implemented country by country with the demand to enable households to utilise the entire rooftop for solar panels and prohibit production capping.

This paves the way for localised energy coordination, what we call neighbourhood energy coordination. And that – that is what Spark is all about!

Smarter energy coordination

By 2030, there will be 200 million small-scale energy assets in Europe. This includes rooftop solar, small wind and hydro, biomass and geothermal power, as well as storage such as electric vehicles (EVs) and residential water heaters.

Distributed energy resources can facilitate a more intelligent use of the power grid, but we need a highly intelligent energy system to handle the complexity. We are tackling this complexity by building smart services that manage the behaviour of all connected resources within a neighbourhood energy system in a sustainable and scalable way that benefits everyone!

New market opportunities for EVs

Our need for electric power is rapidly growing and with it the production. As more electric vehicles (EVs) enter the scene, it challenges the local grid. We see an excellent opportunity to support the power system with the needed flexibility, in combination with the solar initiative rollout.

We will help grid operators recognise EV charging as essential to the solution. We have extensive knowledge and tools to predict where and when the grid will face risk and, at the same time, offer resources, like EVs, that can help before the problem occurs.

We are creating a new market opportunity for earning money from EV flexibility at the neighbourhood level. To get there, we are building a partner ecosystem of smart charging service providers, EV manufacturers, grid operators and many more.

If you have an EV fleet or provide EV charging services, reach out to us as we can optimise the value of your fleet and charging services.

Are you our new colleague?

We are expanding our team and are on the lookout for proactive people with problem-solving attitudes. You won’t be pushing code/pixels/text around but instead creating answers to challenges we face. You will have a significant say in how we build a solution that will be an integral part of the green neighbourhood of tomorrow.

Exciting projects await, and you'll have brilliant, optimistic colleagues to work with. Part of the big Volue family, we operate as a nimble, tight and diverse team of 20, and we look forward to welcoming more developers, architects, product specialists, consultants and other proactive people! Read more and check available positions here.

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