Comwatt, a startup finding its place in the sun

Eight years ago, environmental and geotechnical engineer Grégory Lamotte was managing a subsidiary of the Swiss company Tritec, a major player for the solar sector in Europe. “I realized that photovoltaic panels were becoming the least expensive way to produce energy per KwH, while transport represented 50% of the cost of electricity,” he explains, now CEO of Comwatt. From that moment on, he became a firm believer in the development of solar solutions for self-consumption. On one condition: “You need to match peaks of energy production with those of consumption.”

Eighteen months and a few patents later, the motivated entrepreneur founded Comwatt in Montpellier and launched his solution: a “box” integrating smart algorithms. The box uses connected objects to power the most energy-hungry electrical devices while the sun shines. What’s at stake? An average reduction of 50% on electrical bills.