LIGHTWEIGHT solar company Solivus has announced a strategic partnership with green energy marketplace UrbanChain which will help UK businesses manage, trade, and maximise the value of their roofs and car parks, free from the limitations of the traditional grid.
This partnership enables businesses to generate, share, and trade their energy not just with the grid, but directly with their own local community or supply chain partners. By linking Solivus-powered solar to UrbanChain’s energy-sharing market, large-scale property owners, such as private companies, local authorities and social housing providers, can retain more value from their renewable generation, reduce costs, and create their own self-sustaining energy ecosystems. UrbanChain’s blockchain technology ensures traceability, allowing businesses to prove where their energy comes from and sell it directly to their other sites, local businesses, or supply chain partners at the best market rates.
Commercial businesses will be able to transfer surplus energy between buildings at minimal cost, enabling multiple properties to reduce energy bills while advancing decarbonisation efforts.
Solivus will work with partners to deliver not only their lightweight solar solutions but conventional solar and solar carports.
Solivus CEO Jo Parker-Swift said: “Empowering large-scale commercial enterprises to self-generate is a crucial step in achieving net zero. While many businesses can generate far more energy than they use, the low rates to sell back to the grid are not financially viable. This surplus energy low grid price has been a problem that Solivus has grappled with for a few years. So we are thrilled to be collaborating with Urban Chain to overcome this challenge for our clients. This creates a significant opportunity, not just in terms of profitability and carbon reductions but the wider energy transition.”
Solivus also has additional partnerships to enable finance for those clients who require it.
Urbanchain CEO Somayeh Taheri said the partnership will be “transformational” in turning underutilised rooftops into powerful revenue-generating energy hubs.
“By scaling solar beyond single-site solutions, we’re enabling large property owners to take control of their energy future, reduce reliance on volatile energy markets, and drive decarbonisation at scale,” said Somayeh.
