Energy sharing · Between neighbours · Brussels
Peer-to-peer energy sharing between neighbours in Brussels
Your surplus, next door.
Not lost to the grid.
One house with panels, a few neighbours without: peer-to-peer sharing sends your surplus straight to their meters over the existing grid. No shared roof, no building in common — just a price you agree on between yourselves.
Free, no commitment — useful for a street, an apartment building or an energy community.
Why an app?
One producer, a few neighbours, a price you agree between yourselves: simple on paper. But sharing is measured quarter by quarter, and without a tool the settlement quickly becomes hard to draw up and to check.
Amber Energy turns those readings into a clear share for every household: what I produced, what I shared with my neighbours, what I received, and what still comes from the provider.
Where does my electricity come from?
This week38 kWh shared this week
A producer and 3 neighbours on the same street
What is peer-to-peer sharing?
Peer-to-peer sharing is the simplest form: one household produces solar, one or more others consume the surplus — directly, over Sibelga's existing grid. No shared roof, no common installation, no building in common. You pick who you share with — a neighbour across the street, family two doors down — and agree a price between yourselves, which can even be free.
For the producer it's the end of undervalued surplus: injecting into the grid pays almost nothing now, while a shared kilowatt-hour keeps its value on the street.
How does it work in Brussels?
Brussels has a single grid operator (Sibelga) and a single regulator (Brugel) — the path is the same across the whole Region:
- Each participant has a Sibelga smart meter.
- Producer and neighbours sign an agreement fixing the split and the price — freely, even free of charge.
- The sharing is registered with Sibelga, which measures quarter-hour by quarter-hour.
- Shared energy is deducted from each bill; everyone keeps their supplier for the rest.
That quarter-hour settlement is exactly what Amber Energy automates and makes visible for every household.
- Sibelga smart meters for each participant
- Agreement between participants (split and price)
- Quarter-hour distribution method
- Registration of the sharing with Sibelga
- Supplier kept for the rest of your consumption
Amber Energy doesn't replace Sibelga, Brugel or your supplier: the app makes sharing clearer, more transparent and easier to follow.
Who is peer-to-peer for?
It suits a house or ground-floor owner with panels and a surplus, and neighbours nearby who'd rather run on local solar than pay the full grid price. There's no syndic to convince, no general meeting, no shared roof to build — two willing meters and an agreement are enough. It's the quickest way to start sharing.
The three recognised forms in Brussels
Brussels recognises three forms of energy sharing. See the overview.
Between neighbours
Peer-to-peer sharing: a house with panels shares its surplus with other households in the street or neighbourhood. You're reading about this one.
Within the same building
Panels on the building's roof supply the apartments. The most common form in Brussels.
The energy community
The legal entity for larger projects — citizens, SMEs, public bodies — with an authorisation issued by Brugel.
Live · right now
See where every watt goes.
Amber Energy settles what you share with your neighbours every 15 minutes and shows each household, in real time, how much of its consumption comes from itself, from the neighbours, and from the provider.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need my own solar panels to take part?
No. As a consumer you just need a Sibelga smart meter; a neighbour with a solar surplus does the producing. As a producer, you share the surplus your own panels don't use — nothing to install on either side beyond the meters already there.
How do I find neighbours to share with?
Anyone on the Sibelga grid nearby can take part — a neighbour across the street, a relative two doors down, a friend on the next block. You choose who joins; the regional energy-sharing facilitator helps set new projects up for free.
Who sets the price of the shared energy?
You do, together. The price of a shared kilowatt-hour is agreed freely between participants — it sits below the supplier's price and can even be zero. Injecting the same surplus to the grid would pay the producer far less.
Do I have to change energy supplier?
No. Shared energy is deducted from your bill; you keep your supplier for whatever the sharing doesn't cover. Your contract stays as it is.
What does the Amber Energy app actually do?
Amber Energy settles the sharing automatically, quarter-hour by quarter-hour, from the meter readings — and shows every household in real time how much of its consumption comes from itself, from the neighbours, and from the grid. No more spreadsheets.
Your neighbour's surplus, powering your home.
Free, no commitment — useful for a street, an apartment building or an energy community.