Becquerel Institute

What Becquerel Institute does

Becquerel Institute, legally ICARes Consulting sprl, is a Brussels-headquartered solar photovoltaic market intelligence and consulting firm founded in 2014. It serves enterprise energy and industrial buyers across Europe, including ArcelorMittal, EDF Renouvelables, CNR, Anglo American, Saint-Gobain, and Guardian Glass, with a mix of strategy consulting, applied research, and policy advisory engagements.

The firm's core product set spans four lines: bespoke Strategy Consulting, EU-funded Applied Research, a published Reports catalog (priced €2,999-€24,900 per report), and the recently launched Solarintelligence.ai platform, which exposes 12+ domain-specialized AI agents with conversational and orchestrator modes on a €99-€164/month subscription. The platform is grounded in Becquerel's proprietary PV datasets and incorporates Agent Groove technology licensed from Politecnico di Milano. A separately sold data hub subscription (€2,900/year) provides structured access to the underlying intelligence.

Revenue is generated through four channels: fixed-fee consulting and applied research projects for enterprise clients, share of EU-funded consortium budgets across 17 active projects, one-time report sales through self-serve e-commerce, and recurring AI and data subscriptions. Geographic coverage now includes Belgium, France, Spain, and Italy, with additional Nordic reach through partnership. The firm maintains leadership roles in IEA PVPS Task 1 and Task 15, embedding it in the European PV policy and research ecosystem.

Name

Becquerel Institute

Legal name

ICARes Consulting sprl

Website

https://becquerelinstitute.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Becquerel Institute is a Brussels-based solar PV market intelligence and consulting firm serving European enterprise energy and industrial buyers with strategy consulting, applied research, reports, and the Solarintelligence.ai SaaS platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Solar PV Market Intelligence

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Solar PV consulting
• Photovoltaic market intelligence
• Strategic energy consulting
• Applied PV research
• Solar industry advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Brussels, Brussels Region

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategy Consulting: Expert advisory services on PV and electricity markets, including market analysis, industry analysis, regulatory and policy analysis, business modeling, financial instruments, and BIPV consulting.
2. Applied Research: Research services for EU-funded projects and international organizations, including market analysis, competitive analysis, life cycle assessment, and business model definition.
3. Report Sales: Sale of market reports, factsheets, and analysis publications through e-commerce shop. Includes PV Module Prices Outlook, BIPV reports, C&I PV Market reports, Net-Zero Industry Act analysis, and AI & Robotics Revolution report.
4. AI Platform Subscription: Monthly subscription to Solarintelligence.ai platform with access to multiple AI agents. Plans include Analyst, Analyst+, Strategist, and Strategist+ tiers with varying agent access and query limits.
5. European Solar PV Data Hub: Annual subscription to online database providing current and historical market information including key prices, European market numbers, and industry data with forecasting capabilities.
6. Solar PV & Storage Monthly Brief: Annual subscription to monthly digest covering PV price trends, industry news, market and policies insights. Published every month with €7,600 discounted second-year rate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Becquerel Institute is a consulting and applied research firm that provides strategy consulting, applied research, and technical assistance to players in the solar photovoltaic (PV) and broader energy sector, supporting decision-making with market, regulatory, financial, and technological analysis. It sells subscription-based intelligence products through its Solarintelligence.ai AI agent platform and the European Solar PV Data Hub, and distributes single-edition and bundled research reports via an online shop.

Product overview

Becquerel Institute offers a portfolio of AI-powered intelligence products and research reports for the solar PV industry. The core offering is Solarintelligence.ai, a platform of specialized AI agents providing market intelligence on solar photovoltaics. This platform is complemented by subscription reports including the Solar PV & Storage Monthly Brief and European Solar PV Data Hub, as well as specialized research reports covering PV module prices, Net-Zero Industry Act impacts, and AI/robotics in the PV sector. Additional offerings include Agent Groove for PV plant optimization, and comprehensive BIPV and C&I PV market reports covering multiple European countries. Purchasing reports includes access to dedicated AI expert agents on the Solarintelligence.ai platform and Q&A sessions with senior consultants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Solarintelligence.ai: AI-powered hub of specialized agents for analyzing solar photovoltaics, providing market forecasts, supply chain data, component prices, policy analysis, and manufacturer financial data.

Products and services

• Strategy Consulting Expert strategic advisory services on PV and electricity markets, including market analysis, industry analysis, regulatory and policy analysis, business modeling, financial instruments, and BIPV consulting, provided to utilities, manufacturers, governments, and international organizations at national, European, and global levels.
• Applied Research Research services for EU-funded projects and international organizations, including market analysis, competitive analysis, life cycle assessment, and business model definition, aimed at maximizing the impact of innovations in PV and related sectors (electric mobility, storage, BIPV, VIPV, floating PV, agrivoltaics).
• Technical Assistance Expert support and AI-enhanced tools for EPC contractors and project developers to optimize technical and economic configurations of PV installations and maximize revenues, plus assistance to public authorities in setting up tenders.
• EU-Funded Research Participation Participation in 17+ EU-funded research consortia (e.g., SEAMLESS-PV €16M, EMPOWER €17.7M, IBC4EU €17M, EVER PV €5M, SPHINX, ProLight €3M, LAPERITIVO €8.86M) delivering market analysis, competitive analysis, LCA, and business-model workstreams.
• Solarintelligence.ai AI-powered platform of specialized agents providing solar PV market intelligence including market forecasts, supply chain analysis, component prices, policy compliance, and manufacturer financial data analysis, accessed via a conversational interface with export-ready charts, tables, and slides; available via monthly subscription across Analyst, Analyst+, Strategist, and Strategist+ tiers.
• European Solar PV Data Hub Online database subscription providing current and historical PV market information including key prices, European market numbers, industry data with figures, historical market figures, forecasts, and validated information about PV development in Europe.
• Solar PV & Storage Monthly Brief Annual subscription to monthly digest delivering PV price trends, industry news, market and policy insights covering solar PV and storage prices and sectoral news at global, European, and national levels.
• PV Module Prices Outlook in Europe Quarterly forecast report providing evolution of PV module technology and prices with cost breakdowns, key price development factors, and supply/demand dynamics, sold as single edition or two-edition bundle with a one-hour Q&A session with a senior consultant.
• Net-Zero Industry Act: Market & Economic Impacts Analysis of the effects of the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) on PV procurement in the European Union, covering impacts on the European PV market per country with guidance on compliance, including comprehensive report, dedicated AI agent access, and a one-hour personalized analysis session with a consultant.
• Transforming the PV Sector: The AI & Robotics Revolution Data-driven analysis examining automation potential and economic impacts of AI and robotics technologies in the photovoltaic sector through 2030, covering segment-by-segment analysis, workforce transition, and environmental impact projections.
• Agent Groove Solarintelligence.ai Agent Groove for utility-scale PV plant optimization, based on Politecnico di Milano software, providing grid-search tilt and spacing optimization, neural-network shading analysis from KMZ site inputs, and IRR, NPV, and LCOE financial analysis.
• BIPV Norms & Technical Requirements (7 Countries) Technical country factsheets detailing norms and technical requirements for Building-Integrated PV products across safety, health, environmental standards, and building codes in 7 European markets (Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Netherlands, Norway), sold as 7-country bundle or individual country reports and including a 45-minute Q&A session.
• BIPV: Support Schemes, Market Trends & Forecast (7 Countries) Comprehensive analysis of the BIPV market in Europe including regulations, support schemes, market segmentation, and medium-term outlook with forecasts until 2030 for 7 countries (Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain), sold as country bundle or individual country reports.
• C&I PV Market & Regulation (17 Countries) In-depth analysis of the Commercial & Industrial rooftop PV market in 17 European countries covering market trends, forecasts until 2030, regulatory constraints, business models, and incentive inventory across Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, and UK, sold as 17-country bundle or individual country reports.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2014 foundation year, named after Edmond Alexandre Becquerel who created the world's first photovoltaic cell in 1839
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• EMPOWER Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024EU-funded project (17.7M€ budget, 23 partners from 9 countries) to establish robust European PV innovation and production base, enhancing energy security, resilience, and diversity by reducing CapEx and OpEx costs.
• LAPERITIVO Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024EU-funded project (8.86M€ budget, 20 partners from 11 countries) developing large-area stable perovskite solar modules using high manufacturability processes.
• SEAMLESS-PV Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023EU-funded project (16M€ budget, 15 partners from 5 countries) developing advanced equipment and manufacturing processes for multifunctional PV solutions enabling deployment of integrated PV sectors (BIPV, IIPV, VIPV, AgriPV). Becquerel Institute conducts market analysis, competitive analysis, life cycle analysis, and business model definition.
• EVER PV Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023EU-funded project (5M€ budget, 16 partners from 8 countries) providing EU with efficient solutions for sustainable treatment of end-of-life PV panels and recovery of high purity materials.
• SPHINX Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023EU-funded project (13 partners from 7 countries) developing pre-fabricated, modular BIPV elements via flexible production pilot lines and demonstrating innovation in 5 sites.
• IBC4EU Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022EU-funded project (17M€ budget, 17 partners from 10 countries) developing and demonstrating industrial production of PV products based on IBC technology along the value chain.
• IEA PVPS Task 1coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration programme on Strategic PV Analysis & Outreach. Becquerel Institute leads the task focused on markets and public policy analysis.
• IEA PVPS Task 15coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration on Enabling Framework for Acceleration of BIPV. Creating equal playing field for BIPV products, BAPV products and regular building envelope components.
• MASS-IPV Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU-funded project on advanced solar architecture training. Partnership with SUPSI, Fraunhofer ISE, BIPV.world, BIPV Nederland, SUNSOAK, TNO for advanced short training on solar architecture.
• RECLAIM-PV Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon Europe project advancing industrialisation of Solarface®, a European lightweight composite PV module technology, rebuilding EU solar manufacturing sovereignty.
• LightyearminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch solar electric vehicle company developing polymer-based solar panels for vehicles. Partner in SEAMLESS-PV project, providing test car demonstrator with 5m² of glass-based solar panels.
• TECNALIA Research & InnovationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpanish research institute, developer of Solarface® lightweight composite PV encapsulation technology. Key partner in RECLAIM-PV, SEAMLESS-PV, and other EU projects.
• SUPSI (Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss university of applied sciences, partner in MASS-IPV, RECLAIM-PV, IPVC conference organization. Provides accreditation (2 ECTS) for solar architecture training.
• CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission. Partner in SEAMLESS-PV and other EU projects. Hosted Becquerel Institute at Intersolar shared pavilion.
• Solar Power EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean solar industry association. Becquerel Institute has long-standing relationship as partner and customer. Gaëtan Masson involved in ESMC co-chair role.
• International Solar AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntergovernmental organization of 88 countries. Collaboration on global PV supply chain resilience, Solarize Africa report, and joint roundtable at Intersolar Europe 2026.
• Politecnico di MilanocoreTechnology or IntegrationItalian technical university that developed the software underlying the Groove AI Agent for PV plant optimization. Licensed technology for Solarintelligence.ai platform.
• Becquerel SwedenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTrusted partner, visit website at becquerelsweden.se

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves17 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Wood Mackenzie: Wood Mackenzie provides global research and consultancy across energy, including solar PV markets, project economics, and supply-chain analysis. It overlaps with Becquerel's strategy consulting, BIPV/C&I PV reports, and module price forecasting at the upstream, downstream, and policy levels.
• S&P Global Commodity Insights: S&P Global Commodity Insights (formerly IHS Markit) offers solar PV pricing, capacity, and policy data subscriptions globally. Its Solar Intelligence service is a direct competitor to Becquerel's European Solar PV Data Hub and Solarintelligence.ai, though at substantially larger scale and broader geographic coverage.
• BloombergNEF: BloombergNEF is a global energy-market research platform covering renewables, including detailed PV supply-chain, pricing, and policy analytics with paid subscriptions and analyst access. It competes with Becquerel's Solarintelligence.ai and Data Hub offerings but at much broader scale and across all energy commodities.
• Guidehouse (formerly Navigant Consulting): Guidehouse's energy segment provides strategic advisory and research across renewables, including solar PV project economics, regulatory analysis, and market forecasts. Its broader cross-sector advisory portfolio competes with Becquerel's strategy consulting and EU policy work for utilities, governments, and industrial clients.

Emerging players

• LCP Delta: LCP Delta is a European energy-market research and analytics firm providing forecasts on renewables, distributed energy, and flexibility. Its emerging data-driven approach competes with Becquerel's data subscription products, though it operates at a broader cross-energy level rather than PV specialization.
• Delta-EE: Delta-EE is a European specialist research and consulting firm focused on the distributed energy, heat, and mobility transition. It overlaps with Becquerel's C&I PV market and BIPV advisory work, serving similar utilities, manufacturers, and policymakers with subscription research.

Others

• SolarPower Europe: SolarPower Europe is the European solar industry association representing PV stakeholders, publishing market reports and policy positions. While not a direct competitor (and in fact a partner and customer of Becquerel), it shapes the same PV market narrative and competes partially for industry-analyst mindshare and EU policy advisory influence.

Direct peers

• InfoLink Consulting (PV InfoLink): InfoLink Consulting is a Taiwan-headquartered research firm specializing in solar PV module pricing, supply chain, and demand-supply analytics with weekly and quarterly paid reports. It directly competes with Becquerel's PV Module Prices Outlook in Europe and Priya (Component Prices) AI agent.
• Apricum: Apricum is a Berlin-based strategy advisory firm exclusively focused on the clean energy sector, particularly solar, storage, and hydrogen. It competes directly with Becquerel's strategy consulting and BIPV/market advisory services for European and global PV investors, developers, and component suppliers.
• Clean Horizon: Clean Horizon is a European consultancy focused on energy storage and renewable project economics, providing market intelligence and software tools. Its storage market expertise overlaps with Becquerel's Eco (Storage Optimization) agent and project-development consulting, particularly for European utility-scale PV-plus-storage deployments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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