Enpal is a German renewable energy equipment company based in
Berlin
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that primarily sells and installs
photovoltaic
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially ...
systems and
heat pump
A heat pump is a device that uses electricity to transfer heat from a colder place to a warmer place. Specifically, the heat pump transfers thermal energy using a heat pump and refrigeration cycle, cooling the cool space and warming the warm s ...
s.
History
Enpal was founded in 2017 and received millions of euros in investment in the early years from German tech investor Lukasz Gadowski, former
Zalando
Zalando SE is a publicly traded international online retailer based in Berlin which is active across Europe and specializes in shoes, fashion and beauty products. The company was founded in 2008 by David Schneider and Robert Gentz and has more th ...
board members, and other financiers. Since the beginning of 2021, Enpal has been operating its training center for installers and electricians for
photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commerciall ...
.
Overview
Of the three founders Mario Kohle, Jochen Ziervogel, and Viktor Wingert, Mario Kohle is still on the management board today as CEO. Despite being based in Berlin and its business operations mainly being focused on the German market, the company has the Dutch legal form of a
BV.
In 2020, Enpal achieved a revenue of 56 million euros and had 324 employees at the end of the year. In the following year, revenue rose to 115 million euros with around 1,000 employees. The company was profitable for the first time in 2022, when revenue rose to almost 415 million euros. In 2023, revenue increased to 900 million euros.
By December 2023, Enpal installed a total of 60,000 solar systems in Germany.
Enpal installs
photovoltaic
Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially ...
systems,
battery storage
A battery energy storage system (BESS), battery storage power station, battery energy grid storage (BEGS) or battery grid storage is a type of energy storage technology that uses a group of batteries in the grid to store electrical energy. Batte ...
systems,
wallboxes,
smart meter
A smart meter is an electronic device that records information—such as consumption of electric energy, voltage levels, current, and power factor—and communicates the information to the consumer and electricity suppliers. Advanced meterin ...
s, and
heat pump
A heat pump is a device that uses electricity to transfer heat from a colder place to a warmer place. Specifically, the heat pump transfers thermal energy using a heat pump and refrigeration cycle, cooling the cool space and warming the warm s ...
s, and offers an intelligent energy management system.
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Companies based in Berlin
Photovoltaics manufacturers
Heat pumps
Renewable energy companies of Germany
German companies established in 2017
Electronics companies established in 2017
Renewable resource companies established in 2017