Tenant Electricity: Opportunities and Hurdles of Community Building Supply

The smarter E Podcast Episode 183 | July 18, 2024 | Language: German

Supplying apartment buildings with solar power from their own roofs still lags far behind the available potential in Germany. Many tenants and residents of apartment buildings would like to purchase green electricity - and owners are also open to the idea. However, the tenant electricity model previously laid down in the EEG proved to be too complicated to implement. With the shared building supply, there are now new options for apartment buildings.

Will this be the breakthrough for the PV electricity turnaround? What potential does it really offer? And what hurdles still exist? We talk about this with Julian Schulz, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Stuttgart-based start-up Metergrid.

Timeline:

  • 01:14 Why is the PV potential of apartment buildings in Germany still lying unused? What are the biggest hurdles?
  • 07:41 Metergrid is a start-up in the field of tenant electricity – what needs are your services aimed at, what is the background to your offer?
  • 09:53 How can tenants convince their landlords of such a model?
  • 14:52 In Germany, community building supply was introduced with the adoption of the Solar Package I. What advantages does this have over the tenant electricity model?
  • 17:29 Solar Package I also extended the tenant electricity model to the commercial sector. What developments can be expected here?

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About Julian Schulz and Metergrid

Julian Schulz, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Metergrid

Julian holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Management from the University of Hohenheim and has been active in the start-up environment ever since, both as a founder and as a mentor at the University of Hohenheim's "Startup Garage".

Metergrid is an innovative company that specializes in the fully automated management of tenant electricity projects. Their platform enables efficient and transparent processing from electricity generation to metering and billing, helping housing companies, energy cooperatives and property owners to use and manage renewable energy effectively. Metergrid offers a solution that not only promotes sustainability, but also optimizes costs for all parties involved.

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