Businesses turning to solar to become Energy-as-a-Service profit centres to increase revenue

Australian businesses are entering a new economic era, one where clean energy doesn't just cut costs but generates income. According to Jack Kapoor, clean energy expert and founder and managing director of Agile Energy, the rise of virtual power plants (VPPs) is creating a new eco-revenue frontier, allowing companies to transform their solar and battery systems into profit
centres that earn from stored energy while strengthening the national grid.
 

"For years, energy has been viewed as an unavoidable expense," Kapoor said.
 

"That mindset is rapidly changing. Through smart battery integration and virtual power plant participation, we're helping businesses monetise their clean energy, turning idle rooftop power into an active source of revenue and resilience.
 

"In effect, the new technology is democratising energy and making the revenue and benefits available to all, especially businesses seeking the ability to build new revenue streams."
 

From energy cost to energy income
 

Technology such as Agile Energy's national clean-energy platform enables commercial and industrial sites to generate, store and trade electricity as part of an interconnected network. The company's virtual power plant model links business batteries across multiple locations, allowing stored solar energy to be sold back into the grid during peak demand events.
 

The result is a two-fold benefit: participating businesses earn income from their stored power and support national grid stability, creating value for both the enterprise and the community.
 

"Every warehouse, hospital, factory and office block can now become part of Australia's distributed power station," Kapoor said.
 

"When a business installs solar, batteries and an energy management platform, they're not just decarbonising, they're creating a new revenue stream and contributing to energy security nationwide.
 

"As an example, a multi-site industrial client with 3.2MWh of storage earned revenue last summer through peak-demand VPP events. There are significant opportunities for businesses to financially benefit from power sharing.
 

"Unlike retailers or software-only VPP platforms, Agile Energy controls the entire engineering-finance-operations chain, ensuring the system is optimised for both revenue and reliability."

A smarter model for sustainable profit
 

The revolutionary system gives organisations control over when to buy, store and sell electricity, using data-driven optimisation to achieve the best financial and environmental outcome.
 

Participating businesses benefit from:

• Revenue sharing from stored solar power during grid events.
• Tariff optimisation that shifts usage to low-cost periods.
• Carbon performance tracking for ESG reporting.
• Energy resilience, with battery storage providing continuity during outages.

Kapoor said the model redefines sustainability as a financial advantage, not a compliance burden.
 

"Energy is now an asset class," he said.
 

"Businesses that electrify intelligently will outperform those that treat power as just another bill. The next wave of profitability will come from owning and optimising clean energy assets."
 

Kapoor emphasised the new technology enables businesses to offer the Energy-as-a-Service model while also assisting them to electrify without upfront capital, retaining long-term performance and ownership benefits.
 

About Agile Energy
 

Agile Energy is one of Australia's fastest-growing clean-energy companies, delivering large-scale solar, battery and electrification solutions for the commercial, industrial, healthcare and property sectors. The company designs, finances, builds and operates integrated clean-energy systems that help businesses reduce costs, decarbonise operations and participate in virtual power networks. With deep engineering expertise, financial discipline and a long-term ownership mindset, Agile Energy is redefining how organisations generate, store and trade electricity creating measurable financial and environmental performance across Australia's transition to a smarter, more resilient energy future.