3E
3E is a Belgian SaaS and advisory company whose SynaptiQ platform and engineering services optimize the lifecycle performance of utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage assets for over 1,000 operators, developers, lenders, and public institutions across 119 countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1999
- HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
- Headcount251–500
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What 3E does
3E is an independent Belgian technology and advisory company founded in 1999 as a spin-off from IMEC, headquartered in Brussels with regional offices in Raleigh (North America), Cape Town (Sub-Saharan Africa), and Delhi (India). The company operates a hybrid model combining a SaaS platform, SynaptiQ, with professional engineering services, serving the full lifecycle of utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage assets. SynaptiQ is a lifecycle asset performance management platform covering project development (bankable TMY and historical time-series solar irradiation data), operations (real-time fault notifications, alarm management), and analytics (AI-based loss identification, physics-based digital twins, predictive yield assessments, grid-versus-market curtailment attribution). The platform monitors 50 GW across 20,000+ connected sites for 1,000+ customers, while 3E's advisory practice has completed 9,000+ projects across 119 countries spanning feasibility studies, resource assessment using LiDAR, technical due diligence, construction management, performance analysis, and M&A diligence.
The business generates revenue from two principal streams. SynaptiQ is sold primarily on annual enterprise subscriptions with quote-based pricing, a self-service entry point for project developers, and a certified SynaptiQ Operator training program that extends platform stickiness. The advisory services line delivers bankable expert services on a project basis, including LiDAR wind measurement campaigns, and acts as a leading lender technical advisor supporting project financing. Customers span independent power producers (BayWa r.e., ENGIE, EDP Renewables, CVE, Technique Solaire, Boralex, Renovatio), utilities, financial institutions, and supranational bodies (European Commission, World Bank ESMAP, Pacific Power Association). The company employs 150 people across 6 countries and recently expanded into the US market (September 2024) and added ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 17025 certifications in late 2025/early 2026 to support enterprise and public-sector contracts. Distribution is enterprise sales-led, supplemented by an annual customer seminar, SynaptiQ Connect Days community events, a SynaptiQ Users Community, and integrations with partners such as Trace Software (archelios PRO) and LivLiner.
3E firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- 3E
- Legal name
- 3E SA
- Website
- https://3e.eu
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1999
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 251–500 employees
- Short description
- 3E is a Belgian SaaS and advisory company whose SynaptiQ platform and engineering services optimize the lifecycle performance of utility-scale solar, wind, and battery storage assets for over 1,000 operators, developers, lenders, and public institutions across 119 countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
3E industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Renewable Energy Asset Performance Management
- NAICS
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Asset Management & Owner’s Engineering (Lifecycle Strategy, Budgeting, Technical Due Diligence) (EUAMAGAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Renewable Energy Asset Management (Solar/Wind/Hydro/Geothermal) (EUAEAMAB), Siting, Resource Assessment & Environmental Tech R&D (Remote Sensing, Wake Modeling, Wildlife Mitigation) (EUAMAOAJ), Commissioning, Testing & Field Services for Interconnection (Energization, Acceptance Tests) (EUAMAIAJ), Permitting, Siting & Environmental Impact (EIA/NEPA) Advisory (EUAMANAB)
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Where 3E is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Brussels
- HQ country
- Belgium
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices4 records
Markets served
3E business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- SaaS Subscriptions (SynaptiQ): Subscription-based software-as-a-service platform for renewable asset performance management. Platform used by 1,000+ companies managing solar, wind, and storage assets across full lifecycle.
- Energy Advisory Services: Bankable expert services for engineering, technical, and strategic decision support including feasibility studies, resource assessment, technical due diligence, construction management, and performance analysis
- LiDAR Measurement Services: Turnkey LiDAR wind measurement service including site selection, resource assessment, performance analysis and data services
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | SynaptiQ SaaS Platform |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels7 records
3E product offering
Product offeringCore offering
3E provides the SynaptiQ lifecycle SaaS platform for renewable energy asset performance management covering solar, wind, and battery storage assets across development, construction, and operations phases. The company also delivers bankable energy advisory services including feasibility studies, resource assessment, technical due diligence, construction management, performance analysis, and LiDAR-based wind measurement campaigns. Its offerings combine AI-driven analytics, physics-based digital twins, and deep domain expertise to optimize asset ROI for developers, IPPs, utilities, and investors.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- SynaptiQ: SaaS platform for lifecycle performance optimisation of solar, wind and storage assets through data, modelling and decision support
Products and services
- SynaptiQ A lifecycle SaaS platform for renewable asset performance management that combines data analytics, AI-powered insights, and decision support tools for solar, wind, and battery storage assets across development, construction, and operations phases.
- SynaptiQ Project Development Application within SynaptiQ for project developers to assess long-term yield of future renewable assets, providing access to bankable TMY and Historical Time Series solar irradiation data to move from feasibility to final design phase.
- SynaptiQ Asset Operations Application for optimizing operations, performance analysis, and reporting of renewable energy portfolios with comprehensive functionality beyond basic monitoring, including real-time fault notifications and early interventions.
- SynaptiQ Solar Analytics AI-based solution for automated production loss identification and diagnosis in solar assets, providing forward-looking insights and actionable recommendations to boost performance through automatic classification of actionable vs non-actionable losses.
- SynaptiQ Wind Analytics (LivLiner Inside) AI-based solution co-created with Livliner for automated production loss identification and diagnosis in wind assets, providing forward-looking insights and actionable recommendations to boost wind asset performance.
- SynaptiQ BESS Asset Performance Management Battery Energy Storage System monitoring and analytics providing early detection and auto-quantification of performance losses, with battery insights that detect degradation early, boost uptime, and drive returns.
- 3E Advisory Services Bankable expert services for engineering, technical, and strategic decision support covering solar, wind, storage, and green hydrogen projects worldwide, including feasibility studies, resource assessment, technical due diligence, construction management, and performance analysis.
- LiDAR Wind Measurement Services Turnkey LiDAR wind measurement service using remote sensing devices for bankable wind resource assessment campaigns, including site selection, resource assessment, performance analysis, and data services. 3E has 10+ years of experience with LiDAR technology and manages a large fleet for fast repair and replacement.
Quantifiable outcome
- Considering mixed renewable energy assets into portfolios can increase their aggregate value by 2.0%
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use 3E
Customer profileNamed customers22 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
3E technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability6 records
Feature10 records
3E partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- EverdaycorePartnership for improving alarms management efficiency for Everday's Solar & BESS portfolio covering 1.6 GWp using structured monitoring and actionable insights with SynaptiQ.
- CVEcoreLeading IPP with 880 MWp installed across more than 650 solar plants in France, Spain, United States, Chile, and South Africa partnered for global operation of their solar assets using SynaptiQ.
- RJEcoreLeading renewable energy asset owner based in Spain and part of Tokyu Land Corporation group in Japan, partnered to enhance renewable asset performance in Spain.
- Technique SolairecoreLeading IPP with nearly 700 MWp installed capacity across more than 1,000 solar installations partnered with SynaptiQ for smarter solar operations. Successfully migrated 1,100 solar plants to SynaptiQ platform.
- BayWa r.e.coreGlobal renewable energy developer and service provider BayWa r.e. signed strategic partnership agreement choosing SynaptiQ as the new PV monitoring & analytics system for all its strategic PV and BESS assets. This is a flagship partnership for global portfolio coverage.
- GEOSun AfricacoreConsortium partner for Pacific Power Association measurement campaign. 3E and GEOSun installed 5 LiDAR and 8 solar meteorological stations across 10 countries in Pacific Islands region.
- e-BO EnterprisesminorPartnership between e-BO Enterprises, 3E, and VUB to optimize efficiency and yield of offshore wind farms through digitalization.
- StatkraftcoreBrussels-based 3E and Statkraft collaborated on a study revealing 'alarming' shortfall in solar tracker performance, presenting evidence of underperformance in solar tracker availability.
- Elemental GroupminorPart of consortium with GeoSUN Africa and Elemental Group for Pacific Power Association tender, securing winning bid for solar and wind measurement campaigns.
- SiconiacoreIntegration of Siconia, Spanish independent engineering consultancy specialized in photovoltaics, to strengthen position and extend engineering & data services on Iberian market.
- VUB (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)minorPartnership with e-BO Enterprises and VUB for offshore wind industry optimization, bringing digitalization to enable strong growth of offshore wind.
- LivlinercoreCo-created Wind Analytics (LivLiner Inside) - AI-based solution for automated production loss identification and diagnosis for wind assets.
- SuperNodeminorProject partner for studying superconducting cable technology, assessing impacts on Belgium's economy of applying superconducting cable technology for energy independence and decarbonization.
- KULeuvenminorProject partner (with SuperNode, DEME, Umicore) for superconducting cable technology study funded by Belgian government.
- DEMEminorProject partner for superconducting cable technology study assessing decarbonization impacts on Belgium's economy.
- UmicoreminorProject partner for Belgian government-funded study on superconducting cable technology for energy transition.
- Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation (EAFU)coreCollaboration to power schools and hospitals in Ukraine with SynaptiQ, addressing energy poverty crisis resulting from Russian invasion.
- MexenscoreEx Technique Solaire, migrated 1,100 solar plants in 4 months to SynaptiQ platform for improved solar operations management.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights5 records
3E competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- RatedPower: RatedPower offers a solar PV design and engineering SaaS platform used by developers in feasibility and project development phases. It overlaps with the upstream project development segment of SynaptiQ and competes for the same developer wallet share.
Broad incumbents
- Schneider Electric (Greenbyte / EcoStruxure): Schneider Electric, through its Greenbyte acquisition and EcoStruxure platform, offers renewable asset management and energy management software for solar and storage. It is a broad incumbent competitor with significantly larger sales coverage and bundled hardware offerings.
- UL Solutions (formerly Vortex / DTN Renewables): UL Solutions, through its renewable energy data and forecasting offerings (legacy Vortex/GTK), provides wind and solar resource data, forecasting, and asset analytics. It is broadly comparable on the resource data side of SynaptiQ and competes in the same bankable data market.
- DNV: DNV provides technical due diligence, advisory, and asset management software for renewables, including solar, wind, and storage. It is directly comparable to 3E's advisory services and overlaps on yield assessment and lender technical advisory work.
- TÜV Rheinland / TÜV SÜD (Renewables): TÜV Rheinland and TÜV SÜD provide technical due diligence, owner engineering, and certification services for solar and wind projects globally. They compete with 3E's advisory services arm for lender and developer mandates.
Direct peers
- Natural Power: Natural Power is a renewable energy consultancy and technology provider offering technical due diligence, asset management, and resource assessment services. It is highly comparable to 3E's advisory business, especially in wind and onshore renewables across Europe and North America.
- Reuniwatt: Reuniwatt specializes in solar irradiance forecasting and sky-imaging technology used by solar plant operators and developers. It is comparable to 3E's resource assessment and TMY/solar irradiation data products and overlaps on bankability use cases.
- AlsoEnergy: AlsoEnergy (now part of Arcadia/Ultralytics-affiliated ownership) offers a renewable asset monitoring and analytics platform for solar, wind, and storage portfolios. It competes head-to-head with SynaptiQ in the IPP/utility monitoring segment and is broadly comparable in target market.
- KISTERS: KISTERS provides environmental, energy, and water data management software including renewable energy forecasting and asset analytics. It overlaps with SynaptiQ on wind/solar resource data and energy management modules.
- Power Factors: Power Factors provides asset performance management software for renewable energy portfolios (solar, wind, storage). It is the closest direct competitor to 3E's SynaptiQ platform, serving IPPs and utilities with SCADA, monitoring, and analytics.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
3E social profiles
Digital presence3E compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
3E financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
3E leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles13 records
3E subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
3E funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors1 record
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3E M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about 3E
What does 3E do?
3E provides the SynaptiQ lifecycle SaaS platform for renewable energy asset performance management covering solar, wind, and battery storage assets across development, construction, and operations phases. The company also delivers bankable energy advisory services including feasibility studies, resource assessment, technical due diligence, construction management, performance analysis, and LiDAR-based wind measurement campaigns. Its offerings combine AI-driven analytics, physics-based digital twins, and deep domain expertise to optimize asset ROI for developers, IPPs, utilities, and investors.
Is 3E a public or private company?
3E is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was 3E founded?
3E was founded in 1999. It employs 251 to 500 people.
Where is 3E based?
3E is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, in the Europe region.
How does 3E make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. SaaS Subscriptions (SynaptiQ) is the primary driver. The others are energy Advisory Services and liDAR Measurement Services.
Who are 3E's main competitors?
RatedPower is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Schneider Electric (Greenbyte / EcoStruxure), UL Solutions (formerly Vortex / DTN Renewables), DNV and TÜV Rheinland / TÜV SÜD (Renewables). Direct peers are Natural Power, Reuniwatt, AlsoEnergy, KISTERS and Power Factors.
Does 3E have an API?
Yes. 3E offers API access for solar irradiation data. Specifically, 3E Solar Irradiation Data (including TMY - Typical Meteorological Year data) are accessible through an API integration in Trace Software's archelios PRO application for photovoltaic project design. Additionally, the SynaptiQ platform provides data and modeling capabilities that support project development phases. Developer documentation is at 3esynaptiq.kayako.com.
What industry is 3E in?
3E's product category is Renewable Energy Asset Performance Management. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAMAGAJ, Asset Management & Owner’s Engineering (Lifecycle Strategy, Budgeting, Technical Due Diligence), with a secondary code of EUAEAMAB, Renewable Energy Asset Management (Solar/Wind/Hydro/Geothermal). Its NAICS code is 51821 and its SIC code is 7373.