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PORTUGAL
Country of origin
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2015
Creation date
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20
Employees
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€1.3 M
Fund raised
Currently, about 50% of the cost of a domestic solar system is related to its installation. This means that installation costs could slow down individuals from going solar, even though solar energy has the potential to accelerate the energy transition.
BeON Energy decided to change the game. How? By creating a solar kit that can be installed as easily as a television or refrigerator. Simply plug it in so that it can convert solar energy into electricity, with the help of a microinverter, and power a home. That’s all it takes! It is easier and less expensive to install, and—the best part of all—it is a giant step forward in making solar energy more common in our homes!
Thanks to the EDF Pulse start-up Awards, we now can access new markets.
The project was a hit among the Jury, who awarded it second place on the 2019 EDF Pulse start-up Awards’ podium. BeON Energy is ready to launch on the French market with EDF if possible.
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The Team
At first, the team consisted only of Rui, the inventor of the BeON solar kit, a serial entrepreneur with a PhD in electronics, and Jamie, the business specialist with 15 years of experience at Unilever. Since then, the team has grown to about twenty talents today. We are planning to add digital marketing, business, and blockchain experts very soon.
4 questions to BeON
Where did you get the idea for this startup?
The idea came from the need to bring down costs dramatically when comparing with existing solar installations, so that people could produce energy at half price, comp...
Any recent good news?
Apart from being listed as a finalist for the EDF awards, which was fantastic news, BeON has been shortlisted for a UK Energy Innovation Awards 2019 in the Customer F...
What is the most unexpected thing that your startup has made you do?
I found myself actually living in the factory and sleeping on a sofa for 6 months whilst we worked round the clock producing our first big orders and meet our first b...
In what way does your project revolutionise your category?
To make solar energy available to everyone everywhere. Our unique pluginverter dramatically simplifies installation making it as simple as plugging in a TV. Once you ...