Energy Economic Research Associates

Name

Energy Economic Research Associates

Legal name

EERA consulting GmbH

Website

https://eera-consulting.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Economics Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

BESS Financing, Insurance & Contracting (Tax Equity, PPA/Tolling, Warranties) (EUAFAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

BESS Safety, Fire Detection/Suppression & Compliance (NFPA/UL/IEC) (EUAFAAAH)

Keywords

• Energy economics consulting
• Battery storage analytics
• Electricity market design
• Energy regulation advisory
• Grid tariff consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Oldenburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Energy Economics Consulting Services: Bespoke consulting engagements on energy market design, regulation, and digitalization for a climate-neutral energy system. Projects are commissioned by energy companies, regulators, and public institutions.
2. Battery Beats Publications & Subscriptions: Monthly Battery Beats reports on battery storage revenue potentials, available as free and premium (membership) content. The Monatsbriefing (monthly briefing) is offered as a subscription-style service covering PV, Wind, BESS markets, and all topics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EERA is an energy economics consulting firm that advises energy companies, regulators, and public institutions on market design, regulation, and digitalization for a climate-neutral energy system. Its flagship proprietary product, Battery Beats, is a simulation software that backtests and optimizes revenue potentials of battery energy storage systems (BESS) — both stand-alone and co-located with wind or PV parks — across German electricity markets (Day-Ahead, Intraday, FCR, aFRR). Supporting offerings include the Monatsbriefing subscription briefings and the FCA & DynNE regulatory dashboard, complemented by bespoke consulting projects.

Product overview

Energy Economic Research Associates (EERA) offers a portfolio of energy economics consulting services and analytical products centered on market design, regulation, and battery storage economics. The core offering is Battery Beats, a simulation software for analyzing battery storage revenue potential across German electricity markets. Supporting products include the Monatsbriefing subscription service providing monthly regulatory briefings, and the FCA & DynNE Dashboard for monitoring regulatory developments. The Battery Beats product line includes both standalone BESS analysis and co-location analysis modules that work with the company's optimization modeling capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Battery Beats Comprehensive simulation software and reporting product that calculates and reports potential revenues of battery storage systems on German electricity markets, covering stand-alone BESS and co-location configurations with wind and PV parks. Uses optimization modeling for cross-market strategies across Day-Ahead, Intraday auction, continuous Intraday, FCR, aFRR positive, and aFRR negative markets, with backtesting against historical market prices.
• Monatsbriefing Monthly briefing subscription service providing analysis on market design, regulation, digitalization, and energy policy developments in Germany and Europe. Offered in different topic coverage tiers, including PV+Wind+BESS, all topics, or specific focus areas.
• FCA & DynNE Dashboard Dashboard tool for monitoring and analyzing regulatory developments related to market design and network charges (dynamic network tariffs / FCA & DynNE), supporting decision-making for energy market participants.
• Energy Economics Consulting Services Bespoke consulting engagements on energy market design, regulation, and digitalization for a climate-neutral energy system, commissioned by energy companies, regulators (e.g., CREG), and public institutions (e.g., Stadt Oldenburg). Engagements cover market design analysis, incentive regulation, network tariff reform, battery storage economics, Energy Sharing feasibility, and energy system modeling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Battery storage cross-market revenues for a 1 MW/2 MWh system of 8.3 k€ to 18.5 k€ per month depending on market conditions (German electricity markets, 2025–2026)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lintas Green EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026EERA collaborated with Lintas Green Energy and Olegeno on the 'Metropolregion Nordwest für Erneuerbare-Energie-Gemeinschaften' project to analyze the implementation conditions, evaluate five use cases, and examine regulatory developments affecting Energy Sharing economics in Germany.
• Olegeno (Oldenburger Energie-Genossenschaft)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Partner in the Energy Sharing project for the Metropolregion Nordwest, providing the perspective of an energy cooperative and serving as a case study for economic analysis of Energy Sharing under § 42c EnWG.
• Stadt Oldenburg WirtschaftsförderungminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Issued the final report of the Energy Sharing project in cooperation with Oldenburger Energiecluster OLEC. The Metropolregion Nordwest funded the project.
• Oldenburger Energiecluster OLECminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Cooperating organization in the Energy Sharing project 'Metropolregion Nordwest für Erneuerbare-Energie-Gemeinschaften', co-issuing the final report.
• Constructor University BremencoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024EERA is a spin-off from the Chair of Energy Economics (Prof. Brunekreeft) at Constructor University Bremen, representing an ongoing academic connection that underpins the company's research-driven approach.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Frontier Economics: Frontier Economics is a pan-European economic consultancy with a dedicated energy practice covering network regulation, market design and policy advisory — a broader, larger incumbent that competes for the same regulatory advisory engagements as EERA but across many industries.
• Fraunhofer ISI: Fraunhofer ISI is a large German applied research institute with energy economics and energy transition policy research — analogous academic positioning to EERA's Constructor University spin-off roots but at a much larger scale and broader research portfolio.
• Öko-Institut: Öko-Institut is a Darmstadt-based research and consulting organization working on energy policy, regulation and the Energiewende — a broader-adjacent incumbent competing for similar policy and regulatory advisory mandates from German and EU institutions.

Direct peers

• E-Bridge Consulting: E-Bridge is a Bonn/Zurich-based energy market consulting firm active in regulatory economics and grid integration studies, working with European regulators and TSOs — overlapping directly with EERA on cross-market optimization and BESS consulting.
• r2b energy consulting: r2b is a German energy economics consultancy focusing on market design, network regulation and renewable integration — closely mirroring EERA's positioning around market design for a climate-neutral energy system.
• Aurora Energy Research: Aurora Energy Research operates a subscription-based European power market analytics platform covering BESS revenues across multiple markets — directly comparable to EERA's Battery Beats product but at much greater scale and geographic reach.
• Energy Brainpool: Energy Brainpool is a German energy market analytics and consulting firm that publishes daily/weekly market reports and operates BESS revenue forecasting tools very similar to Battery Beats. It is the closest direct competitor to EERA in German electricity market analytics for BESS.
• consentec: consentec is an Aachen-based energy consulting firm specializing in grid economics, network regulation, and electricity market design — a direct peer to EERA on the regulatory and BESS economics side, with strong academic roots analogous to EERA's spin-off profile.
• BET Büro für Energiewirtschaft und Technik: BET is one of Germany's established energy consultancies providing regulatory and market-design advisory to utilities and regulators — directly comparable to EERA on European electricity market consulting, though at a larger scale.

Others

• dena (Deutsche Energie-Agentur): dena is Germany's energy agency working on market transformation, energy transition policy and standardization — adjacent ecosystem participant that EERA partners alongside and occasionally competes with for publicly funded energy transition research mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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