Urban Solar Energy

Name

Urban Solar Energy

Legal name

Urban Solar Energy

Website

https://urbansolarenergy.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar Energy Services

NAICS

Solar Electric Power Generation (221114), Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Solar Development & Subscription Management (EUAMAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Solar Design, Engineering & Performance Software (PV Modeling, Digital Twins, Monitoring) (EUAMABAH), Renewable Distributed Generation (Rooftop/Onsite Solar, Small Wind, Small Hydro) (EUACALAJ)

Keywords

• Solar energy services
• Virtual battery storage
• Renewable electricity supply
• Solar surplus valorization
• Green energy aggregation

Headquarters

HQ city

Villeurbanne

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Virtual Storage Subscription (Stockage Virtuel): Monthly subscription fees for virtual battery service. Residential: 1€ HT/kWh/month for storage capacity. Professional: 0.5-2€ HT/month/kWc plus 45-75€ HT/month subscription based on customer segment.
2. Green Electricity Supply: Supply of 100% renewable electricity to customers. Prices indexed on regulated tariffs (TRV) or fixed prices. Includes energy provision with routing fees (acheminement) based on consumption.
3. Boost Mon Surplus - Surplus Purchase: Purchase of excess solar production from customers at monthly-adjusted market prices. Monthly billing with payments made in August (residential) and January (professional).
4. Connection and Onboarding Fees: One-time fees for managing connection to ENEDIS network and provider change. 299€ TTC for residential (≤36kVA), 650€ HT for professional (>36kVA).
5. Plug & Play Equipment Sales: Sale of Plug & Play solar stations through partner Sunethic, with promotional pricing (299€ TTC → 99€ TTC). Monthly subscription of 1€ HT/kWc/month for virtual storage service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Urban Solar Energy offers a virtual battery (Stockage Virtuel) service that enables solar photovoltaic producers to store and retrieve surplus electricity without physical hardware. The company aggregates surplus solar production and resells it at dynamic monthly market prices through Boost Mon Surplus, and supplies 100% renewable French electricity to small and medium businesses under fixed-price offers. It also distributes partner-manufactured Plug & Play solar kits and manages collective self-consumption projects in urban environments.

Product overview

Urban Solar Energy operates as a solar energy aggregator and green electricity supplier offering a unified platform centered around photovoltaic self-consumption. The core product portfolio is organized around three main pillars: (1) Stockage Virtuel and Stockage Virtuel Professionnel — a virtual battery service enabling solar producers to store and retrieve surplus electricity without physical hardware; (2) Boost Mon Surplus — a dynamic surplus buyback service; and (3) Essentielle SMB — a fixed-rate green electricity supply plan for businesses. These are supplemented by the Plug & Play self-install solar kit, the Club des Producteurs community platform, and the Espace Client portal and mobile application for account management. The company connects customers to a network of over 500 partner installers and aggregates surplus solar energy for resale on the electricity market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Stockage Virtuel: Virtual battery storage solution allowing customers to store and retrieve surplus solar energy without additional equipment.
• Boost Mon Surplus
• Essentielle SMB
• Plug & Play
• Club des Producteurs

Products and services

• Stockage Virtuel (Virtual Battery) A subscription-based virtual battery service for residential solar panel owners that stores surplus electricity as virtual credit and automatically releases it during off-peak hours, with unlimited storage capacity and no equipment required.
• Stockage Virtuel Professionnel A professional-tier virtual battery service for businesses with electricity meters above 36 kVA, offering unlimited storage capacity, customized tariffs, and flexible 1-3 year commitments for rooftop, ground, tracker, or canopy solar installations.
• Boost Mon Surplus A surplus solar buyback service that purchases customers' excess solar production at monthly-adjusted market prices based on RTE data, with no supplier change required and no commitment.
• Essentielle SMB A fixed-price green electricity supply plan for small and medium businesses without their own solar production, offered in BASE, HEURES PLEINES/HEURES CREUSES, and 4 SAISONS tariff options with 100% renewable French electricity.
• Plug & Play Solar Station A self-installable plug-in solar kit for balconies, terraces, gardens, or pergolas with simplified ENEDIS connection procedures and no prior mayor's office declaration required, compatible with all brands of Plug & Play panels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Best self-consumption rates of 70-80% achievable with virtual storage for professional installations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SunethiccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with French manufacturer Sunethic for Plug & Play solar stations. Urban Solar Energy distributes Sunethic products with exclusive promotional pricing (299€ → 99€) and offers virtual storage services compatible with all brands.
• APSystemscoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for collective self-consumption using APSystems micro-inverters. Enables 100% private collective self-consumption in urban environments.
• HeiwaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership announced in 2020 for green-powered air conditioning solutions using renewable energies. Combined solar and air conditioning offering.
• ENEDIScoreTechnology or IntegrationNetwork connection partnership. ENEDIS is the French electricity distribution network operator. Urban Solar Energy manages connection procedures with ENEDIS for customer solar installations.
• RTE (Réseau de Transport d'Électricité)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with the French electricity transmission network operator. RTE provides monthly market data used for Boost Mon Surplus pricing calculations.
• 500+ Professional Installers NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of 500+ vetted professional solar installers across France. Partners recommend Urban Solar Energy services to their installation customers. Partners are rigorously selected for quality and service standards.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sunethic: French manufacturer of Plug & Play solar kits and strategic partner of Urban Solar Energy. Comparable in the French self-consumption and plug-and-play solar segment, with overlapping customer use cases.
• Enercoop: French cooperative electricity supplier focused on 100% renewable energy sourced from citizen-owned producers. Comparable as a French green supplier targeting similar sustainability-mandated residential and professional customers.
• Hello Watt: French energy comparison and green electricity supplier focused on residential customers and self-consumption. Directly comparable as a French consumer-facing renewable energy platform and listed as a partner lead source for Urban Solar Energy.
• Ekwateur: French green electricity supplier offering 100% renewable supply contracts to residential and professional customers. Closely comparable to Urban Solar Energy's green electricity supply and surplus aggregation business in the French market.
• ilek: French green energy supplier offering 100% renewable electricity and gas with local producer partnerships. Comparable business model to Urban Solar Energy's combination of green supply and producer valorization in France.

Emerging players

• Selectra: French energy comparison platform and listed lead-generation partner for Urban Solar Energy. Comparable as a customer-acquisition channel for French green energy subscribers and adjacent to USE's ecosystem.

Others

• APSystems: Global supplier of micro-inverters used by Urban Solar Energy in collective self-consumption deployments. Listed as a core technology partner; comparable as the underlying solar hardware ecosystem enabler for USE's collective self-consumption solutions.

Broad incumbents

• Engie: Major French energy company with green electricity supply, solar generation, and self-consumption services. Comparable broad portfolio competitor with significantly larger scale and brand reach.
• TotalEnergies: Global energy major with a French retail green electricity brand (formerly Planète Oui) and solar offerings. Overlaps with Urban Solar Energy's green supply and residential solar ambitions in the French market.
• EDF (Électricité de France): France's incumbent electricity supplier with green offers, solar self-consumption programs, and a national retail network. Operates broadly across generation, supply, and energy services overlapping with Urban Solar Energy's offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61577759203566
• Xx.com/UrbanSolarEnrj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/urbansolarenergy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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