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Business Energy Sharing for companies

With Business Energy Sharing, you use the solar power you generate not only where it is produced, but across several buildings and sites. Surplus electricity flows to where it is needed. This lowers your energy costs, increases self-consumption and reduces your dependence on the electricity market. Centroplan assesses the feasibility for your group of sites and handles the entire implementation.

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Connecting generation and consumption

Business Energy Sharing combines self-consumption, direct marketing and cross-site electricity use in one integrated energy concept. Surplus electricity from individual PV systems is allocated to other consumption points within the company and physically delivered there.

This allows photovoltaic systems to be designed on a larger scale, reduces the levelised cost of electricity and significantly lowers grid electricity purchases. Individual systems become a company-wide energy network with high security of supply and predictable energy costs.

Centroplan supports you from the feasibility study through contractual and metering implementation to ongoing operation. On request we also take care of energy management. Get in touch with us.

Your benefits

Six reasons for Business Energy Sharing

Energy costs

Self-consumption across sites

Solar power is consumed where it delivers the greatest value. This reduces grid electricity purchases and therefore energy costs across the entire group of sites.

Revenue security

Less exposure to negative electricity prices

Instead of feeding electricity into the grid under unfavourable market conditions, you use it within your own network. This reduces your dependence on the electricity market.

Marketing

Flexible allocation of electricity volumes

Generated electricity can be allocated specifically to self-consumption, supply to other sites and direct marketing.

Cost efficiency

Larger and more affordable PV systems

Because the electricity benefits several consumption points, systems (e.g. rooftop PV systems or ground-mounted systems) can be planned on a larger scale. This lowers the cost per kilowatt hour.

Regulation

In line with the EEG and the market premium

With subsidised direct marketing, the market premium remains unchanged. The model is legally sound and designed for the long term.

Expansion

Can be combined with battery storage

Battery storage further increases the share of self-consumption and improves the cost efficiency of the overall system. Existing systems can of course be integrated.

Applications

Where Business Energy Sharing delivers

Schematische Darstellung: Ein Hauptstandort teilt Solarstrom über Verbindungslinien mit zwei weiteren Unternehmensstandorten
Site networking

Several properties, one power network

Companies with several sites use solar power where it is currently needed, regardless of where it was generated. Surplus electricity from individual PV systems is allocated virtually to other consumption points and physically delivered there.

This allows systems to be designed on a larger scale, reduces the levelised cost of electricity and significantly lowers grid electricity purchases. The result is a company-wide energy network with high security of supply.

Schematic diagram: a company site supplies solar power to the tenants in the same building via connecting lines
Commercial tenant electricity

First to the tenants, then to other sites

In retail, logistics or office properties, the solar power generated is first supplied directly to the tenants in the building. Business Energy Sharing allocates any electricity not consumed on site to other locations.

This maximises self-consumption and improves the cost efficiency of the PV system for owners and users alike.

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Risk protection

Independent of negative electricity prices

Negative electricity prices are becoming more frequent and can erode revenues from electricity marketing. Business Energy Sharing significantly reduces this dependence on the electricity market.

Instead of feeding electricity into the grid under unfavourable market conditions, it is used within your own group of sites. This increases revenue security and adds planning certainty.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With Business Energy Sharing, the electricity generated is not sold exclusively on the market but used specifically within the group of company sites. This improves both cost efficiency and revenue security.

No. With subsidised direct marketing, the market premium paid by the grid operator remains unchanged. Business Energy Sharing therefore has no negative effect on the EEG payment.

You need a PV system and at least one consumption site. Centroplan assesses the feasibility and handles the entire implementation.

Yes. Business Energy Sharing works for both new and existing PV systems and can be expanded step by step.

Yes. Battery storage further increases the share of self-consumption and improves the cost efficiency of the overall system.

Contact

Let's talk about your company.

Would you like to find out whether Business Energy Sharing makes sense for your company? Then book your preferred appointment as the next step. One of our Centroplan contacts will get in touch with you.

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