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Voltalis SA, France, smart electricity 'boxes'

Background

Created in 2006, Voltalis is a European leader in demand-response. It is one of the European pioneers, providing an innovative energy efficiency solution enabling to manage electricity demand (primarily for heating, air conditioning and EV charging) of residential (individual and collective, including through social landlords) and commercial buildings.
Voltalis optimizes the residential and commercial electricity consumption using individual “smart oxes” which dynamically control the actual users’ demand. This technology generates savings on the users’ electricity bill, and supports the balancing of the energy grid, by reselling the used electricity capacity in peak hours. Voltalis, through its demand-side management activities, plays an instrumental role in the stability and security of the electricity grid (e.g., preventing blackouts) and actively contributes to the ecological transition by providing a decarbonized solution to peak electricity demand management. It supports the transition to an increasing share of renewable energy that calls for an increased need to balance electricity generation and consumption in real time.

Voltalis SA:
• holds shareholding in Asset Companies, such as SPVMV, and;
• provides intragroup operation and maintenance services: IT/supervision, maintenance of smart boxes, etc

 

Stage:

In Operation

 

ESG/SDG Key Facts:

In the context of the increasing share of renewable energies in the energy mix, real-time balancing of production and consumption is becoming increasingly challenging. Voltalis is providing a long-term low carbon solution focused on the end users.

SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action) – Smart metering is associated with improvements in household energy efficiency and reduction of electricity bills at no cost to participating households. In 2023, 3,200 tonnes of CO2 were avoided. The Project increased its number of deployed smart electric devices by 56% to 246,488 in 2023 from 109,616 in 2022.

SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) – The Accident Frequency Rate (LTIFR) was 0 for 2023.

SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) – Voltalis provides an innovative and unique demand-response solution, creating value for the grid operator, Voltalis users and electricity consumers in general. As of the end of 2023, Voltalis had 552,133 end-users, compared to 245,458 in 2022 an increase of 56%.

SDG 17 (Partnership for the Goals) – The roll-out of the solution is typically integrated in the PCAET (Plan Climat Air Energie Territorial, a long-term, local plan covering actions on energy efficiency, development of renewable production and smartgrids) of the municipalities in which Voltalis operates. Voltalis is also a partner of social housing offices for the rollout of its smart boxes.

 

 

(1) Source:

https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2020-016-eib-with-the-support-of-the-european-commission-is-financing-the-deployment-of-150-000-smart-boxes-to-actively-manage-electricity-demand 

 

Learn more on the project:

Meridiam becomes the majority shareholder of Voltalis

 

Certified

Demand Side Management Operator since 2008

1M

connected electric devices as an objective

Grid

blackouts prevention

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