🤝 A Strategic Partnership to Transform the Belgian Energy Landscape
WeSmart, leader in digital solutions for renewable energy communities, and Helios Group, recognized expert in energy management and valorization, have decided to join forces to create a complete and innovative service offering in the field of energy sharing in Wallonia and Brussels.
🚀 A Common Vision: Becoming the "Odoo of Energy"
This strategic partnership is based on a strong ambition: to create an "all-in" service group for energy sharing, comparable to what Odoo represents in the world of business management software. This vision relies on the perfect complementarity of the two companies:
- WeSmart brings its state-of-the-art EMS (Energy Management System) platform and its Nexgen simulator based on artificial intelligence - a revolutionary optimization tool for energy sharing and performance
- Helios Group contributes with its proven expertise in energy project development and its unique ability to mobilize a network of qualified equipment installers
💡 WeSmart Technological Solutions at the Service of Energy Efficiency
WeSmart's EMS Platform
The energy management platform developed by WeSmart enables real-time optimization of energy flows within communities. Thanks to advanced algorithms and the integration of consumption data, this WeSmart solution offers intelligent and automated management of shared energy.
The Nexgen AI Simulator - The WeSmart Revolution
The Nexgen simulator from WeSmart uses artificial intelligence to predict and optimize consumption and energy production patterns. This revolutionary WeSmart technology allows energy communities to maximize their collective self-consumption and significantly reduce their energy costs. Discover Nexgen's capabilities in detail.
🏗️ Helios Group's Field Expertise
Helios Group brings considerable added value through:- Its concrete experience in managing the CEC Energie Libre in Wallonia
- Its mobilization capacity of an extensive network of partner installers
- Its know-how in consulting, support and management of energy community projects
- Its expertise in energy valorization and operational management
🎯 Ambitious Goals for 2025-2026
The partnership is structured around an action plan:
September 2025: Official Launch
- Signing of a letter of intent (LOI)
- Coordinated communication and public announcement of the partnership
- Implementation of bi-monthly meetings for commercial information sharing
End of 2025: Structuring and Development
- Finalization of the legal structure of the "WeSmart Partners" partnership
- Launch of a crowdfunding campaign
- Implementation of a common CRM to optimize customer management
- Organization of a major conference: "Future of Energy Sharing"
2026-2027 Horizon: European Expansion
The ambition is clear: to become the leader in energy communities in Belgium and France within a year, then extend the activity to Spain and Italy by 2027.
🔋 Flexibility Management at the Heart of Innovation
A major axis of this collaboration concerns the intelligent management of energy flexibility, orchestrated by WeSmart's Nexgen platform. The developed synergy, particularly for battery charging, optimizes:
- Flexible load management
- Local energy storage
- Electrical grid resilience
- Optimal valorization of produced energy
🎬 A Collaboration in the Spotlight
François Bordes, CEO of WeSmart, and Kevin Joris from Helios Group recently shared their common vision in an exclusive video interview, detailing the synergies and ambitions of this strategic partnership.
In this interview, François Bordes and Kevin Joris explain how their complementary expertise will create a unique offering in the Belgian and European markets. This collaboration marks an important step in structuring the energy communities market in Belgium.
📈 Significant Value Creation
The financial objective is ambitious but realistic: to create an estimated value of 50 million euros within 3-4 years. This projection is based on:
- The development potential of the energy communities market
- The complementarity of the expertise of both partners
- The European dimension of the project
- WeSmart's continuous technological innovation, particularly with Nexgen
🌍 A Positive Impact for Local Communities
This partnership between WeSmart and Helios Group represents much more than a simple commercial collaboration. It is an initiative that will:
- Accelerate the energy transition in Wallonia and Brussels
- Democratize access to renewable energies
- Reduce the energy bills of citizens and businesses
- Strengthen local energy autonomy
- Create jobs in the green energy sector
🔮 Future Perspectives
The alliance between WeSmart and Helios Group opens the way to numerous opportunities:
- Development of new functionalities: continuous integration of new optimization technologies in Nexgen
- Geographic extension: progressive deployment of WeSmart solutions in new regions
- Service diversification: packaged offers including charging stations, storage and intelligent management via Nexgen
- Continuous innovation: research and development of ever more efficient solutions with WeSmart's AI
Conclusion
The partnership between WeSmart and Helios Group marks a decisive turning point in the development of renewable energy communities in Belgium. By combining WeSmart's technological excellence, particularly with its revolutionary AI-based Nexgen platform, and Helios Group's operational expertise, this collaboration promises to sustainably transform the Walloon and Brussels energy landscape, while paving the way for ambitious European expansion.
WeSmart's new Nexgen platform, a true revolutionary optimization tool for energy sharing and performance, constitutes the technological heart of this alliance. Thanks to artificial intelligence, Nexgen achieves unparalleled levels of energy efficiency, transforming each community into an intelligent and autonomous ecosystem.This strategic alliance demonstrates that the energy transition is not only an environmental necessity, but also a major economic and social opportunity for our regions. Together, WeSmart and Helios Group are building the future of energy sharing, a more sustainable, equitable and intelligent future.
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