EGEN BV

Their core work

EGEN BV is a Dutch consultancy and service provider working at the intersection of energy systems, smart buildings, and climate adaptation. They bring expertise in energy performance contracting, business model design for energy services, and data-driven approaches to environmental risk management. Their work spans from designing smart charging infrastructure and neighborhood-level energy solutions to tackling the split incentive problem in commercial real estate — where building owners lack motivation to invest in efficiency because tenants pay the energy bills.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

EGEN's early H2020 work (2018) centered on energy storage technologies (CHESTER's power-to-heat-to-power systems) and environmental data services (OPERANDUM's climate adaptation with Copernicus data fusion). By 2020-2021, their focus shifted decisively toward energy services and smart building economics — performance-based contracting, solving the split incentive problem, and designing business models around energy efficiency. The trajectory shows a move from technical energy research toward the commercial and contractual side of the energy transition.

EGEN is moving toward energy service business models and building-sector decarbonization, making them a strong fit for projects needing commercial expertise alongside technical energy work.

How they like to work

EGEN never coordinates — they join as a participant or third party, suggesting they contribute specialized expertise rather than leading large consortia. Despite only 5 projects, they have worked with 90 unique partners across 21 countries, indicating they integrate easily into diverse teams. Their mix of participant and third-party roles suggests they are brought in for specific knowledge contributions, particularly around business models and energy service design.

With 90 consortium partners across 21 countries from just 5 projects, EGEN has an unusually broad European network relative to their project count. This breadth comes from joining large Innovation Actions and CSAs rather than from leading many small projects.

What sets them apart

EGEN bridges the gap between energy technology and commercial reality — they are not a lab or a technology developer, but the partner who figures out how to make energy innovations financially viable. Their focus on the split incentive problem and performance-based contracting addresses one of the most persistent barriers to building decarbonization in Europe. For consortium builders, they fill the often-missing role of business model and market uptake expertise in technically strong proposals.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SmartSPIN
  Their largest funded project (EUR 335,750) tackling the split incentive problem — a critical and underserved barrier to commercial building energy efficiency across Europe.
• GreenCharge
  Combined smart charging, local renewables, and sharing economy business models into neighborhood-scale energy solutions, showing EGEN's ability to work across transport and energy sectors.
• OPERANDUM
  Demonstrates EGEN's range beyond energy — contributing to nature-based solutions for hydro-meteorological risk management using Copernicus and data fusion approaches.