DZ-4

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DZ-4 GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding 2012
Seat Hamburg , Germany
management Florian Berghausen, Tobias Schütt
Number of employees 45 (on average)
Branch power supply
Website www.dz-4.de

The DZ-4 GmbH is the first decentralized power company in Germany. The company was founded in Hamburg in February 2012 and has introduced a leasing model for photovoltaic systems and battery storage systems geared towards single-family home owners .

Companies

The company is organized on a decentralized basis. The headquarters with around 45 employees is located in Hamburg . Nationwide, there are local sales representatives for sales and over 50 craft businesses for the planning and construction of the photovoltaic systems .

The company offers solar power systems with and without electricity storage for lease or rent. A distinction is made between the products DZ-4 EASY, an individually planned solar power system, and DZ-4 AUTARK, in which the solar system is supplemented by a battery storage system. The costs for planning and setting up the solar system, as well as insurance, maintenance, repairs and ongoing operations are allocated to a fixed rental rate over the term of the contract. An optional residual power supply with green electricity is offered through a partnership with the green electricity provider Polarstern GmbH . DZ-4 states that the mission of the business model is to make the supply of solar power from your own roof as easy as possible for every homeowner.

history

In February 2012 Tobias Schütt and Florian Berghausen founded DZ-4 GmbH. The first solar system for rent in Germany was installed in December of the same year.

In 2014, the company successfully completed crowdfunding via the Econeers online platform. 143 investors participated in the start-up with a total of 180,000 euros in the form of a participation loan .

EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG has been a VC investor in DZ-4 since 2015 . It is the first investment by EnBW New Ventures GmbH, which was also founded in 2015. In the same year Hanns-Ferdinand Müller , former spokesman for the executive board, CEO and CFO of RWE Vertrieb AG, took over as chairman of the advisory board of DZ-4 GmbH.

In March 2016, the advisory board was strengthened by Thomas Rüschen, CEO of Deutsche Oppenheim Family Office AG.

In 2017 the DZ-4 underwent an audit by Allianz Climate Solutions, the competence center for renewable energies of Allianz SE , and was awarded the "Allianz Trusted Partner" seal. DZ-4 GmbH appeared as one of the protagonists in the film “Building with the Energy Turnaround” by the freelance TV journalist Frank Farenski, published in February 2017.

In 2019, DZ-4 received a further 20 million euros for the financing of solar projects, while in spring 2019 7.7 million euros in growth capital was raised as part of a Series B financing.

Memberships

The DZ-4 is a member of the German Solar Industry Association and the Renewable Energy Cluster Hamburg.

As a player, the company is actively involved in the Hamburg Solar Offensive, which was founded in May 2017 and has set itself the goal of installing photovoltaic systems on a further 5,000 roofs in Hamburg by 2020 .

Awards

  • Finalist enable2start start-up competition - Financial Times Germany
  • Finalist Green Tec Award
  • Seal of innovation - DCTI German CleanTech Institute GmbH
  • Top business model - pv magazine award
  • "Allianz Trusted Partner" seal - Allianz Climate Solutions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ brand eins, “Searching for a roof, offering electricity” , last accessed on September 22, 2017
  2. ↑ Priogo AG, "Orders on the running" , last accessed November 10, 2017
  3. ↑ Partners and business customers of Polarstern , last accessed November 10, 2017
  4. ↑ WirtschaftsWoche “How three Hamburgers stir up the electricity market” , last accessed on September 25, 2017
  5. ↑ Experience report on dz-4.de: "Pioneer with solar power system and storage for rent" , last accessed November 20, 2017
  6. ↑ Energie-Experten.org: “Success in crowdfunding: Interview with DZ-4 founder Florian Berghausen” , last accessed November 10, 2017
  7. ↑ EnBW press release "EnBW joins Hamburg-based energy startup DZ-4" , last accessed November 10, 2017
  8. ↑ Econeers.de: “In conversation with ex-RWE sales boss Hanns-Ferdinand Müller” , last accessed November 10, 2017
  9. ↑ Press release DZ-4: “Dr. Thomas Rüschen strengthens DZ-4 advisory board ” , last call November 20, 2017
  10. ↑ a b Sun, wind and heat: "Allianz Climate Solutions awards first seal of approval to DZ-4" , last accessed on September 22, 2017
  11. ↑ DZ-4 receives a further 20 million euros for its project business. August 7, 2019, accessed on July 14, 2020 (German).
  12. ^ Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft - Members , last call November 20, 2017
  13. ↑ Renewable Energies Cluster Hamburg - member companies , last accessed November 10, 2017
  14. ↑ Solar Offensive Hamburg - Actors , last call 10 November 2017
  15. ↑ Die Zeit: “Alliance starts solar offensive for Hamburg” , last call November 10, 2017
  16. ↑ Cleanenergy-project.de: "Sustainable business ideas in the start-up competition enable2start" , last call November 20, 2017
  17. ↑ Ecowoman: “GreenTec Award 2013: Europe's largest environmental and business award” , last call 10 November 2017
  18. ↑ Deutsches CleanTech Institut GmbH - Excellent Innovations ( Memento from January 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), last accessed November 10, 2017
  19. ↑ pv-magazine “Die Stromverschaffer” , last accessed November 10, 2017