Behind the Meter

How It Works

Voltera builds AI-driven solar and battery systems behind the meter, directly on commercial properties. The customer pays nothing upfront and buys their solar power from us. Voltera owns and operates the asset and retains the majority of the revenues it earns.

A commercial building with solar panels across its roof, a battery storage cabinet beside it, and a transmission tower carrying power lines away from the site.
A single site: rooftop solar sized to the building, battery storage on the ground beside it, and a grid connection the asset can also earn from.

On the property

Rooftop Solar

Right-sized to the property's actual consumption rather than to the roof, which reduces grid load while producing local renewable energy.

On-Site Storage

A battery that stores energy and releases it around the hours when it is worth the most, instead of selling everything as it is produced.

Grid Integration

The system is connected and controllable, so the asset can earn from the grid as well as from the customer on the property.

How the asset earns

Solar alone depends on spot prices or a long-term power purchase agreement. Adding storage and control turns price volatility into something the asset can capture, and the same installation is monetised across six families of revenue.

  • Energy sales to the customer on the property
  • Fixed consumption fees
  • Flexibility revenues
  • Export and price arbitrage
  • Grid services
  • Buyout revenues

One system, three winners

  • The customer gets lower energy cost, zero upfront investment and optional buyout flexibility
  • The grid gets local production tied to consumption, which reduces stress and adds distributed flexibility
  • The investor gets scalable infrastructure with recurring cashflows and predictable returns over decades

This page describes the Voltera model in general terms. Asset economics are simulated using actual production and consumption data together with five-year average hourly spot prices, and are not a forecast or a guarantee of future performance. Detailed financials, asset-level assumptions and revenue breakdowns are available under NDA.