Energy sharing · Belgium
Energy sharing, clear for every member
Your surplus solar no longer goes to the grid for pennies.
It keeps its value with your neighbours.
In Brussels, Wallonia and Flanders, Amber Energy follows the quarter-hour split and shows every member — without a single spreadsheet — where their electricity comes from: their own panels, their neighbours or the supplier.
Account and app free during testing; you order the dongle afterwards in the app. With or without solar panels · Setup help
Where to start?
Follow my home
Your consumption live, with or without panels. When you create your account, choose ‘Just me’.
Create my account →Already sharing?
Whoever manages the sharing chooses ‘Set up a sharing’ when creating an account and invites the other members, who choose ‘I was invited’. Your agreement and billing stay the same.
Create my account →Want to share?
Looking for neighbours? Tell us where you live, and in Brussels your street too (optional).
Find neighbours →Available in Brussels, Wallonia and Flanders
Your dongle for €20, with help setting it up.
A dongle plugs into the P1 port of your smart meter and shows your electricity in real time, at home and in the sharing, on a simple dashboard. We arrange delivery and help you with the installation.
App access is free during testing. The dongle is a one-time purchase of €20. You don’t need it to share: it lets you follow the sharing in the app. If the app ever becomes paid, nothing will be charged without your agreement.
In Brussels the P1 port is open by default; in Wallonia and Flanders, first ask your grid operator to open it.
To get started at home, create your account, verify your email address and log in. Choose ‘Just me’ to request your dongle.
Questions? Email us at contact@amber-energy.be.
What happens next
- Create your account. Choose ‘Just me’ to follow your own home — that is the choice that reaches the dongle request. If you are setting up a sharing with your neighbours, choose ‘Set up a sharing’: we activate your sharing in the app, then you invite your neighbours.
- We help you install it on your meter: you plug it in, activate it in the app in a minute, and we check that the readings arrive.
- You follow your grid flows live: what you draw and what you inject. If you have solar panels, tracking production and total consumption also requires a compatible inverter connection. You can already use the app without joining a sharing.
- When you do share, each participant needs a smart meter, you agree the split and the price between yourselves, and the person representing the sharing registers it with your grid operator. Amber Energy then shows each person what they receive, in the app. You don’t need the dongle to receive shared energy: your grid operator measures the sharing with your smart meter. The dongle lets you follow the sharing in the app.
Why an app?
Your neighbours' solar is not always there. To use it, you need to know how much there is right now — without asking each other every time.
Amber Energy shows that live: the solar your neighbours are sharing at this moment, what your home draws from the grid, and whether the group still needs the provider. You run your appliances at the right time, and more of your consumption comes from local solar.
What the app does
Live
What you use and where it comes from: your panels, your neighbours or the provider. Right now. Production needs a compatible inverter.
Your day
When the sun was there, and when you could make the most of it.
History
Day by day, month by month, year by year: where your electricity came from.
Managing the sharing
For whoever manages the sharing: invite members, see how the energy is split, follow the group’s figures.
Three steps, zero spreadsheets
The meters measure
Every smart meter records consumption and injection, every quarter-hour.
The grid operator 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?
Amber Energy is available in all three regions. The regulatory explanations below concern Brussels. For procedures in the other regions, consult CWaPE in Wallonia or Fluvius in Flanders.
Energy sharing (also called electricity sharing, and sometimes collective self-consumption) lets a resident who produces photovoltaic 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, a shared kilowatt-hour can be worth more than the same surplus injected — how much more depends on your tariffs and the price you agree.
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 split is exactly what Amber Energy follows 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.
Understand your sharing day to day
Without Amber Energy
Your meter readings show what enters and leaves your home. Understanding your share of electricity throughout the day also requires comparing those readings with the other participants’ readings.
With Amber Energy
Amber Energy estimates that split from dongle readings and lets each member follow their share and history in the app. The sharing representative remains responsible for billing, using the grid operator’s official volumes.
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: 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. A 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 the existing grid — no cables, no panels, no battery at your place. Taking part needs a smart meter and a neighbour with a surplus; following it in Amber Energy also needs our dongle on your meter.
What do I gain?
Injection is usually paid far less than a kilowatt-hour costs from your supplier, so sharing can keep more of that value in the street. What you gain depends on your tariffs, when you consume and the price you agree between yourselves — in Brussels, federal taxes still apply to the shared portion, and network charges drop when you are close on the grid (same building or same low-voltage substation).
Is energy sharing possible without a smart meter?
No. The smart meter is essential: it records what you draw and what you inject, every quarter-hour, and the shared portion is worked out from those readings. If a participant doesn’t have one yet, the first step is to ask your grid operator (Sibelga in Brussels) to install one.
Do I have to change energy supplier?
No. You keep a supplier for the rest: the shared portion is accounted for separately, and your supplier bills only the electricity the sharing doesn’t cover. Amber Energy doesn’t replace your supplier either: the app makes the sharing easier to follow.
How does billing work in an energy sharing?
Sibelga establishes the shared volumes every quarter-hour and accounts for them separately: in Brussels the shared electricity is billed separately from your supplier’s bill, which covers only 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 its own view of that split up to date for every member, without spreadsheets.
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.
What does it cost?
The dongle is a one-time purchase of €20, and we help you install it. App access is free during testing. If the app ever becomes paid, nothing will be charged without your agreement.
What happens to my data?
Your meter readings are linked to your account, to show your own energy and work out your share of the sharing. Detailed readings are kept for about a month and then summarised. We run no advertising, the app contains no third-party tracking, and this site only counts visits, without cookies. You can ask us to delete your account and its data at any time, for example if you move; the dongle stays yours. Leaving a sharing follows the agreement between the participants and the rules of your region. Read our privacy policy.
Your neighbours' solar, powering your home.
Looking for neighbours? Tell us where you live — in Brussels, your street too, optional.