Enercoop Bretagne

What Enercoop Bretagne does

Enercoop Bretagne is a Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif (SCIC) headquartered in Rennes that supplies 100% renewable electricity to clients across the Brittany region of France. The cooperative was constituted on 23 March 2013, building on a prefiguration association created in 2011, and operates as part of the national Enercoop network of 15 regional cooperatives. Its generation portfolio comprises 46 production sites — 37 photovoltaic installations, 4 wind farms, and 5 hydroelectric plants — totaling 25 MW of installed capacity and 38 GWh of annual production sourced from local producers.

The cooperative serves a customer base of 11,735 clients, including 1,490 professionals and 30 local authorities, with 5,283 sociétaires holding cooperative shares and exercising democratic governance rights. Beyond commodity electricity supply, the business model extends into group purchasing of photovoltaic kits via a partnership with CIREN, an autoconsommation offer enabling self-consumption from dedicated production sites, advisory and training services, and social-share instruments — all oriented toward accelerating the deployment of citizen-owned renewable capacity.

Operationally, Enercoop Bretagne runs with a small team of 11 employees backed by an activist member base engaged through the Village platform. Revenue mechanics rest primarily on retail electricity subscriptions, augmented by margin from PV kit group purchases, prosumer services, and citizen-energy financing through its partnership with Énergie Partagée Investissement. The structure aligns consumer-members, producer-members, and local authorities within a single cooperative entity, providing counterweight scale against incumbent utilities EDF and Engie on a regional perimeter.

Name

Enercoop Bretagne

Legal name

Enercoop Bretagne SCIC SA

Website

https://bretagne.enercoop.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Enercoop Bretagne is a French cooperative supplying 100% renewable electricity to 11,735 clients across Brittany from 46 local production sites. Founded in 2013, it operates within the national Enercoop network with 5,283 cooperative members and 11 employees in Rennes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Renewable Electricity Retail Supply

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Solar Electric Power Generation (221114), Wind Electric Power Generation (221115), Hydroelectric Power Generation (221111)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Electric Cooperatives (Rural/Member-Owned Utilities) (EUADABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Energy & Renewables Specialty Contracting (Solar PV, Storage, EV Charging) (IMAFALAJ)

Keywords

• Renewable electricity supply
• Cooperative energy services
• Photovoltaic installations
• Energy advisory consulting
• Citizen energy transition

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Electricity Supply: Supply of 100% renewable electricity to individuals, professionals, and local authorities in Brittany. Revenue generated through electricity subscriptions and consumption-based billing.
2. Training Services: Training programs delivered to elected officials, individuals, and higher education institutions on energy topics, electricity market, and cooperative model specifics.
3. Energy Advisory Services: Solar and thermal study bureaus providing advisory services for photovoltaic installations on rooftops and energy savings, with partnership-based delivery.
4. Social Shares (Parts Sociales): Capital raised through sociétaire social shares as part of fund-raising campaigns, contributing to cooperative capitalization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Enercoop Bretagne supplies 100% renewable electricity to individual consumers, professionals, and local authorities across Brittany, France, sourcing from 46 local production sites (photovoltaic, wind, hydroelectric) with 25 MW installed capacity. The cooperative also delivers complementary services including solar and thermal engineering consulting, renewable energy training programs, photovoltaic kit group purchasing, autoconsumption solutions, electric mobility support, and renovation grants, all under a multi-stakeholder cooperative (SCIC) governance model with 5,283 sociétaires.

Product overview

Enercoop Bretagne is a regional cooperative (SCIC - Société Coopérative d'Intérêt Collectif) providing 100% renewable electricity supply to consumers, professionals, and local authorities across Brittany, France. The offering combines core electricity supply with supplementary services including self-consumption programs, photovoltaic kit group purchasing, energy efficiency consulting (solar and thermal engineering bureaus), renewable energy training, electric mobility support, and renovation grants. The cooperative also operates the Village platform for sociétaire engagement. The company sources from 46 local production sites (37 photovoltaic, 4 wind, 5 hydroelectric) totaling 25 MW installed capacity, enabling a true circuit-court (short-circuit) energy model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Renewable Electricity Supply (Particuliers, Professionnels, Collectivités) Supply of 100% renewable electricity (hydraulic, wind, solar, biomass) to individual consumers, professionals, and local authorities across Brittany, with full traceability of origin and no nuclear energy in portfolio.
• Autoconsommation 100% Coopérative Cooperative self-consumption offering that enables members and customers to participate in decentralizing energy production and developing citizen-controlled renewable energy through cooperative-owned solar installations.
• Group Purchasing of Photovoltaic Kits (Plug and Play) Group purchasing program for plug-and-play photovoltaic kits delivered in partnership with CIREN, enabling sociétaires to deploy residential solar and participate directly in the energy transition.
• Bureau d'Études Solaires Solar engineering consulting service guiding customers through rooftop photovoltaic panel installation, providing technical resources and advisory for renewable energy deployment on residential and professional buildings.
• Bureau d'Études Thermiques Thermal engineering consulting service providing energy efficiency improvement advisory for buildings, supporting customers in reducing consumption and improving thermal performance.
• Formations Énergies Renouvelables Training programs covering renewable energy topics, electricity market functioning, and the cooperative model, delivered to elected officials, individuals, and higher education institutions across Brittany.
• Mobilité Électrique Electric mobility services supporting customers' transition to electric vehicles, including advisory and infrastructure-related services for individual customers.
• Prime Rénovation Renovation grant program channeled through CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie) to support customers in funding energy efficiency improvements to their buildings.

Quantifiable outcome

• 38 GWh annual production from 46 production sites including 37 photovoltaic plants, 4 wind farms, and 5 hydroelectric plants
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CIRENcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for group purchasing of plug-and-play photovoltaic kits, enabling Enercoop Bretagne sociétaires to become actors of the energy transition from their homes by joining purchasing groups for solar panels.
• ALEC des Vallons de VilainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Energy Climate Agency co-organizing open days at the Guignen photovoltaic plant with Enercoop Bretagne, Énerg'iV, network Taranis, and Syndicat S3T'ec.
• Énerg'iVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in joint events such as open days at the Guignen photovoltaic plant, collaborating with ALEC des Vallons de Vilaine, Enercoop Bretagne, and other local energy actors.
• Réseau TaranisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy network partner collaborating on local energy events and projects in Brittany.
• Syndicat S3T'ecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnion/syndicate partner for energy transition projects, co-organizing events with Enercoop Bretagne and other local actors.
• TelecoopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital sobriety organization co-hosting workshops with Enercoop Bretagne on smartphone and screen time topics, promoting responsible technology use.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ekwateur: French green energy supplier offering 100% renewable electricity and biomethane to individuals, professionals, and local authorities. Comparable to Enercoop Bretagne because it directly competes for the same values-driven green-electricity customer and the same local-authority procurement contracts in France.
• Ilek: French independent green electricity and biomethane supplier serving residential and professional customers with renewable offers sourced from French producers. Directly comparable to Enercoop Bretagne in product, target customer, and French local-renewables positioning, but with a venture-funded, tech-led go-to-market.
• Ecotricity: UK green energy challenger that builds and sources its own renewable generation to supply 100% renewable electricity and gas to British consumers. Directly analogous in model to Enercoop Bretagne: own-generation assets, mission-driven values, and pursuit of values-aligned consumers willing to pay a premium for genuine green supply.
• Good Energy: UK-listed renewable electricity supplier built on a citizen/mission-driven proposition, supplying 100% renewable power and gas to UK households and businesses. Comparable as an internationally analogous citizen-led green-electricity retailer competing in a liberalized market dominated by incumbents.
• Alterna: French energy cooperative supplying renewable electricity and gas to residential, professional, and local-authority customers. Comparable because it shares the cooperative/ESS positioning and 100%-renewable supply focus that defines Enercoop Bretagne, serving very similar segments in other French regions.
• Enercoop (national network): National cooperative entity and parent anchor of the 15 regional Enercoop cooperatives including Enercoop Bretagne. Comparable because it operates the same 100%-renewable, citizen-controlled supply model with guarantees of origin and shares the sociétaire governance framework that defines Enercoop Bretagne's positioning.
• Planète OUI: French green electricity retailer supplying 100% renewable electricity to residential and B2B customers across France. Comparable because it competes with Enercoop Bretagne in the same green-retail segment with similar offer (100% renewable, French sourcing) but via a private operator model rather than a SCIC cooperative.

Broad incumbents

• Engie: Major French and global energy utility with substantial renewable generation and competitive green-electricity retail offers (e.g., Vert Électrique). Comparable as a broad incumbent competing head-to-head with Enercoop Bretagne for green B2C and B2B customers, but as part of a much larger gas-electricity-heating portfolio.
• TotalEnergies (via GreenYellow and TotalEnergies électricité): Integrated energy major offering green retail electricity in France through TotalEnergies Electricité and the GreenYellow energy-efficiency subsidiary. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping green-electricity offerings for residential and professional customers that Enercoop Bretagne targets.
• EDF (Électricité de France): France's incumbent electricity utility, dominant retail supplier under regulated tariff (TRV). Comparable as the principal incumbent Enercoop Bretagne competes against for residential customers and budget-conscious switchers, offering overlapping electricity-supply capability across a much wider portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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