Energy sharing · Brussels
Energy sharing in Brussels, clear for every member
Your surplus solar no longer goes to the grid for pennies.
It keeps its value at your neighbours'.
Amber Energy automates the quarter-hour settlement and shows every member — without a single spreadsheet — where their electricity comes from: their own panels, their neighbours or the supplier.
Free, no commitment — useful for a street, an apartment building or an energy community.
Why an app?
In Brussels, energy sharing rests on quarter-hour measurements, a distribution key, multiple participants and tracking over time. On paper the principle is simple. In practice the settlement quickly becomes hard to explain and to check.
Amber Energy turns that data into a clear view for every member: what I produced, what I shared, what I received from sharing, and what still comes from the provider.
Where does my electricity come from?
This week62 kWh shared this week
12 neighbours sharing on our street
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Use your neighbours' solar at the right moment.
Amber Energy shows you, in real time, how much solar your neighbours are sharing right now. So you use it while it's there: more self-sufficiency, less grid, and savings that stay in the street — together.
Three steps, zero spreadsheets
The meters measure
Every Sibelga smart meter records consumption and injection, every quarter-hour.
Sibelga reports the volumes
The shared portion is accounted for separately for every participant.
Amber makes sharing clear
Every member sees their share, its origin and its history — without a single calculation.
What is energy sharing?
Energy sharing (also called electricity sharing) lets a resident who produces solar electricity pass the surplus on to neighbours, over the existing grid — no extra cables, no installation. It's a Brussels legal framework, in force since 2022: you share your neighbours' solar panels, at a price you set freely between yourselves, and everyone keeps their supplier for the rest.
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 in 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.
- Participants sign an agreement fixing the split and the price — freely, even free of charge.
- The sharing is registered with Sibelga, which measures every quarter-hour.
- Shared energy is accounted for separately by Sibelga; your supplier only bills the rest of your consumption.
That quarter-hour settlement is exactly what Amber Energy automates and makes visible for every member.
- 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.
Billing an energy sharing: without Amber, with Amber
Without Amber Energy
You download the quarter-hour readings, apply the distribution key by hand and rebuild a spreadsheet every month, for every participant. The price of the shared electricity is hard to justify, and every bill raises questions.
With Amber Energy
The settlement is automated from the meters. Every member sees, in real time, their production, the shared electricity they received and what still comes from the supplier. No more spreadsheets — a sharing bill everyone can understand.
Who is it for?
Solar producers
Put the surplus you don't use yourself to good value, instead of injecting it for pennies.
Neighbours without panels
Get local solar electricity, without installing anything at home.
Apartment buildings and managing agents
A split every apartment can understand, without manual statements that are hard to explain.
Energy communities
Track the flows, the participants and the shared volumes in a clear framework.
The three recognised forms in Brussels
Between neighbours
Peer-to-peer sharing, between two homes: a house with panels shares its surplus with another household in the street or neighbourhood.
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, across several buildings — citizens, SMEs, public bodies — with an authorisation issued by Brugel.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use my neighbours' solar panels without installing anything?
Yes. Energy sharing runs over Sibelga's existing grid — no cables, no panels, no battery at your place. All you need is a smart meter and a neighbour with a surplus.
What do I gain?
Injecting into the grid pays the producer almost nothing, while every kilowatt-hour bought from the supplier costs several times more. Sharing keeps that value local: you set the price freely between yourselves — it can even be free.
Is energy sharing possible without a smart meter?
No. The Sibelga smart meter is essential: it's what measures the shared portion, every quarter-hour. If a participant doesn't have one yet, the first step is to ask Sibelga to install one.
Do I have to change energy supplier?
No. You keep your contract: the shared portion is accounted for separately by Sibelga, and your supplier only bills the electricity the sharing doesn't cover. Amber Energy doesn't replace your supplier either: the app makes the sharing settlement clear, nothing more.
How does billing work in an energy sharing?
Sibelga measures the shared portion every quarter-hour and accounts for it separately. Your supplier only bills the rest of your consumption. The price of the shared electricity is set freely between participants in the agreement — it can even be zero. Amber Energy keeps that settlement up to date for every member, without spreadsheets.
Who sets the price of the shared electricity?
You do, together, in the sharing agreement. The price of a shared kilowatt-hour is set freely between participants — it can even be free. Grid fees and taxes remain due to Sibelga for the shared portion.
What's the difference between sharing between neighbours, in the same building and an energy community?
Peer-to-peer sharing happens between two homes. Sharing within one building connects several apartments to the panels on the roof — the most common form in Brussels. The energy community is the legal entity for larger projects, across several buildings, with a Brugel authorisation.
Energy sharing, electricity sharing, energy community: what's the difference?
Energy sharing and electricity sharing are the same practice — Brugel and Sibelga use both terms. The energy community is not a synonym: one community can run several sharings.
What do I need to join an energy sharing in Brussels?
A Sibelga smart meter for each participant, an agreement between participants, and a registration of the sharing with Sibelga. The regional energy-sharing facilitator supports new projects for free.
What about apartment buildings?
That's the most common form in Brussels: panels on the building's roof supply the apartments. Amber Energy makes the split transparent for every resident, month after month. Learn more about sharing in an apartment building.
What does the Amber Energy app actually do?
Amber Energy settles the sharing automatically, every quarter-hour, from the meter readings — and shows every member in real time how much of their consumption comes from themselves, from the neighbours, and from the grid. No more spreadsheets.
Your neighbours' solar, powering your home.
Built for the Brussels framework
Free, no commitment — useful for a street, an apartment building or an energy community.