enersis
enersis builds gaia, a digital twin SaaS platform on AWS that integrates utility and municipal data for energy transition planning, serving municipalities, grid operators, and energy utilities across Germany and Switzerland.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2011
- HeadquartersBern, Switzerland
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What enersis does
enersis suisse AG is a Swiss-headquartered SaaS company that develops the gaia digital twin platform for energy transition planning. Founded in 2011 in Bern by Thomas Koller, the company built gaia on AWS cloud infrastructure starting in 2018 and now operates from Bern and Berlin (enersis europe GmbH). The platform centers on a unified data model that integrates heterogeneous utility and municipal data sources — GIS, ERP, billing, metering, balance management, and government registries — into a single digital twin, on top of which eleven proprietary modules run: low/medium-voltage grid planning, grid connection review, municipal heat planning (KWP), CO2/GHG accounting (BISKO-certified), asset management, measure planning, renewable energy expansion, construction site synergies, building energy analysis, and disturbance analysis.
The company targets two primary customer segments in the DACH region: municipalities/communes (1,900+ across Germany and Switzerland, covering 13.1 million inhabitants) needing climate and heat planning tools, and energy utilities/distribution grid operators (EWE NETZ, Netze BW, ED Netze, HanseWerk AG) needing network planning, connection approval, and asset management. The go-to-market is sales-led enterprise field sales with demo-based engagement and annual subscription contracts; professional services and data integration projects supplement the recurring SaaS revenue and typically run 1-2 years. Pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed.
In September 2024, EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg AG) completed a full takeover of enersis, integrating it into the EnBW Group as the strategic smart grid digital twin platform with planned synergies alongside the EnBW venture Smight. Leadership consists of founder-CEO Thomas Koller and CTO Florian Wolf (appointed July 2025, forming a new dual-leadership structure), with Monica Breitkreutz managing German operations. The company maintains a startup mentality within EnBW's enterprise scale and continues to invest in product expansion, with the most recent module launch (Construction Site Synergies) in March 2025.
enersis firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- enersis
- Legal name
- enersis suisse AG
- Website
- https://enersis.ch
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2011
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- enersis builds gaia, a digital twin SaaS platform on AWS that integrates utility and municipal data for energy transition planning, serving municipalities, grid operators, and energy utilities across Germany and Switzerland.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
enersis industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Energy Management Software / Climate Intelligence SaaS
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Environmental Digital Twins & Predictive Analytics (Sensor Fusion, Forecasting, Optimization) (EUAHAKAJ)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Grid Data, Monitoring & Analytics (PMU, Power Quality, Event Detection, Digital Twins) (EUAMAIAL), Geospatial (GIS) & Network Digital Twin Analytics (EUAJALAM)
Keywords
Where enersis is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Bern
- HQ country
- Switzerland
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
enersis business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- SaaS Platform Subscription (gaia): Subscription-based access to the gaia digital twin platform with multiple modules. Customers can choose individual modules or the full platform. Projects include both software access and data integration services.
- Professional Services & Data Integration: Full integration and analysis services where enersis handles entire data integration and analysis projects. Other customers perform evaluations themselves using enersis as technical integration partner.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Custom enterprise pricing |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels7 records
enersis product offering
Product offeringCore offering
enersis develops and sells the gaia digital twin SaaS platform, which centralizes network infrastructure, building, energy, and climate data into a unified data model to support municipalities, energy utilities, and grid operators in planning the energy transition. The platform includes 11 proprietary modules covering network planning, grid connection review, municipal heat planning, CO2/GHG accounting, asset management, measure planning, renewable energy expansion, construction site synergy management, building energy analysis, and disturbance analysis. Customers access modules individually or as a full suite, with EnBW as the parent company following the September 2024 acquisition.
Product overview
enersis offers gaia, a unified digital twin SaaS platform for energy transition planning. The platform is built around a central, consistent data model that integrates network infrastructure, building, energy, and climate data from diverse sources (GIS, ERP, metering systems, billing/settlement systems, balance management, building databases, and government sources). gaia comprises 11 proprietary modules covering network planning, grid connection review, municipal heat planning, CO₂/GHG accounting, asset management, measure planning, renewable energy expansion, construction site synergies, building energy analysis, and disturbance analysis. Customers access these modules individually or as a full suite. The platform targets municipalities, grid operators, and energy utilities in Germany and Switzerland, with over 1,900 municipalities and 13.1 million inhabitants using the solution. Branded variants such as the Klima-Navi (for HanseWerk/Schleswig-Holstein) and the Energiestadt Netto-Null Dashboard (for Energiestadt Switzerland) are also built on the gaia platform.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- gaia: Digital twin platform for energy and climate data, enabling municipalities and energy utilities to visualize, simulate, and plan energy infrastructure including grid planning, heat planning, CO2 accounting, and renewable energy expansion.
Products and services
- gaia (Digital Twin SaaS Platform) Digital twin SaaS platform for energy transition planning that provides a centralized data model integrating network infrastructure, buildings, energy, and climate data to enable scenario simulation, CO2/GHG accounting, municipal heat planning, network planning, and asset management. Customers access modules individually or as a full suite across municipalities, grid operators, and energy utilities.
- gaia - Kommunale Wärmeplanung (KWP) Digital municipal heat planning module sold as a standalone gaia offering. Analyzes heat demands, identifies renewable heat potentials, and develops efficient supply concepts for climate-neutral heat provision, with building-level modeling connected to grids and climate targets.
- gaia - CO2- und THG-Bilanzierung Transparent greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting module for municipalities sold as a standalone gaia offering. Enables CO2 savings monitoring, climate goal tracking, and reporting compliant with BISKO and GPC methodologies, including pathway simulations.
- gaia - Netzplanung (NS/MS-Netz) Network planning module for low- and medium-voltage grids sold as a standalone gaia offering. Provides a fully calculable network model enabling capacity analysis, topology optimization, and forward-looking sizing for growing demands from e-mobility and distributed generation.
- gaia - Baustellen-Synergien (Construction Site Synergies) Construction site synergy management module sold as a standalone gaia offering. Enables efficient coordination of grid construction projects and maintenance work through a shared map, automatic synergy suggestions, and avoidance of duplicate excavation costs.
- gaia - Netzanschlussprüfung (Grid Connection Review) Grid connection review module sold as a standalone gaia offering for automated evaluation of connection requests, bottleneck identification, and calculation of required reinforcement measures for new consumers and generation assets.
- gaia - Asset Management Holistic management and monitoring of electricity, heat, and water network infrastructure. Covers technical data capture, condition assessment, and maintenance and renewal planning for maximum asset availability and optimized investment.
- gaia - Maßnahmenplanung (Measure Planning) Central planning, steering, and controlling of transformation measures for the energy transition. Enables systematic documentation of measures, visualization of effects, and evaluation of CO2 savings and benefits.
- gaia - Ausbau Erneuerbarer Energien (Renewable Energy Expansion) Systematic planning and integration of solar, wind, and other renewable energy systems into the power grid. Includes potential maps, grid compatibility checks in real time, and identification of optimal sites and clusters.
- gaia - Energetische Gebäudeanalyse (Building Energy Analysis) Building energy analysis module calculating space heating and heating energy demand with location-specific climate corrections. Integrates measurement values for gas, district heating, and electricity, with map-based selection and analysis of building groups.
- gaia - Störungsanalyse (Disturbance Analysis) Disturbance and fault analysis module for distribution network operators, enabling identification and analysis of network anomalies as a standalone gaia offering.
Quantifiable outcome
- 700 billion EUR potential savings through optimized system planning in power grids via digitization
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use enersis
Customer profileNamed customers8 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
enersis technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability4 records
Feature5 records
enersis partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Netze BWcoreLong-standing collaboration with Netze BW (EnBW subsidiary). Joint development of Kommunalplattform used by hundreds of municipalities in Baden-Württemberg. Platform includes network planning, construction site planning, and customer billing portal.
- EWE NETZcoreJoint municipal heat planning projects in Oldenburg and Cuxhaven. EWE NETZ provides grid expertise while enersis provides digital twin technology for building-scale energy analysis.
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreenersis built gaia on AWS starting in 2018. AWS provides cloud infrastructure, scalability, and security for handling data up to 3TB. Chosen for being 'most technologically advanced solution'. AWS case study published showcasing enersis climate solution.
- HanseWerk AGminorJoint Klima-Navi project providing easy GHG balance creation for municipalities across Schleswig-Holstein. Public access for transparency.
- Rietzler GruppeminorCooperation for municipal heat planning in southern Germany, providing suitable solutions and services jointly.
- SAP and BTCminorJoint webinar on data as success factor for municipal heat planning. BTC and SAP present solution approaches while enersis shares practical experience.
- All Electric Society AllianceminorFounding member of alliance bringing together science, business, politics, and administration to maximize potential of 'All Electric Society'. Founded at ForschungsForum of Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau.
- DENSE (EU-funded Doctoral Network)minorEU-funded doctoral network of 10 partners from research, science, and industry across 6 countries conducting 12 research projects for Smart Energy Systems. enersis contributes to next generation of researchers in reliable SES development.
- EnergiestadtminorNetto-Null Dashboard for Energiestadt foundation serving as database for all Swiss municipalities. enersis software forms the basis.
- AvaconminorPartnership in Burgwedel municipal heat planning project. Avacon provides grid infrastructure expertise while enersis provides digital twin technology.
- Klimaschutzagentur Region HannoverminorPartnership in Burgwedel municipal heat planning project. Klimaschutzagentur coordinates climate protection activities.
- ifeu - Institutminorifeu Institute successfully verified gaia software compliance with Bilanzierungssystematik Kommunal (BISKO) methodology for municipal greenhouse gas accounting.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
enersis competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Landis+Gyr: Landis+Gyr provides smart metering, grid edge intelligence, and utility IoT platforms used by distribution network operators. Its grid-edge analytics and asset visibility offerings overlap with enersis's distribution-grid data integration and asset management modules.
- Esri: Esri's ArcGIS is the dominant GIS platform globally, with a Utility Network / ArcGIS Indoors stack used by many distribution utilities and municipalities for spatial data, network modeling, and asset visualization. It competes with enersis's GIS-backed digital twin approach but as part of a much broader geospatial portfolio.
- Siemens Smart Infrastructure: Siemens offers Gridscale X, Spectrum Power, and broader smart infrastructure solutions for distribution grid operators and utilities. It competes across grid planning, network operations, and asset management, and brings deep enterprise relationships that overlap with enersis's target buyers.
- Schneider Electric: Schneider's EcoStruxure platform spans grid operations, energy management, and sustainability reporting — covering both operational technology and ESG software. It overlaps with enersis's grid planning and CO2/GHG accounting modules at a much larger scale.
- GE Vernova: GE Vernova's GridOS portfolio provides distribution and transmission grid management, DER orchestration, and digital twin capabilities. It competes with enersis at the digital twin / network modeling layer for large utility customers in Europe and globally.
- Hitachi Energy: Hitachi Energy (formerly ABB Power Grids) offers enterprise-level grid management, network control, and energy management software for utilities and TSOs/DSOs. It competes with enersis at the grid operations and digital twin layer with deep global utility relationships.
Direct peers
- KISTERS: KISTERS is a German software vendor specializing in energy data management, GIS for utilities, grid planning, and asset management — directly overlapping with enersis's grid planning, asset management, and energy-data-integration capabilities. Like enersis, it targets distribution grid operators and energy utilities in the DACH market.
- PSI Software: PSI provides energy management, network control, and grid optimization software to utilities and grid operators across Europe, including PSIpenta and energy market solutions. Its scope on grid operations, SCADA, and energy data analytics overlaps directly with enersis's gaia modules.
- smartOPTIMO: smartOPTIMO (part of MVV Energie group) provides digital municipal heat planning and energy consulting for German municipalities, competing head-to-head with enersis's Kommunale Wärmeplanung (KWP) module. It is one of the closest direct competitors in the KWP workflow.
Emerging players
- envelio: envelio is a Cologne-based grid digitalization startup providing an Intelligent Grid Platform for low- and medium-voltage grid planning and operation. It directly competes with enersis's gaia Netzplanung (NS/MS) module among German DSOs, though as a younger, more narrowly focused player.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
enersis social profiles
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Trust signalCompliance1 record
enersis financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
enersis leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles6 records
enersis funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors1 record
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enersis M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about enersis
What does enersis do?
enersis develops and sells the gaia digital twin SaaS platform, which centralizes network infrastructure, building, energy, and climate data into a unified data model to support municipalities, energy utilities, and grid operators in planning the energy transition. The platform includes 11 proprietary modules covering network planning, grid connection review, municipal heat planning, CO2/GHG accounting, asset management, measure planning, renewable energy expansion, construction site synergy management, building energy analysis, and disturbance analysis. Customers access modules individually or as a full suite, with EnBW as the parent company following the September 2024 acquisition.
Is enersis a public or private company?
enersis is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was enersis founded?
enersis was founded in 2011. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is enersis based?
enersis is headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, in the Europe region.
How does enersis make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. SaaS Platform Subscription (gaia) is the primary driver. The others are professional Services & Data Integration.
Who are enersis's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Landis+Gyr, Esri, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Schneider Electric, GE Vernova and Hitachi Energy. Direct peers are KISTERS, PSI Software and smartOPTIMO. envelio is listed as an emerging player.
Does enersis have an API?
No public API is recorded for enersis.
What industry is enersis in?
enersis's product category is Energy Management Software / Climate Intelligence SaaS. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAHAKAJ, Environmental Digital Twins & Predictive Analytics (Sensor Fusion, Forecasting, Optimization), with a secondary code of EUAMAIAL, Grid Data, Monitoring & Analytics (PMU, Power Quality, Event Detection, Digital Twins). Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7373.