Don't just take our word for it
"We didn't want to 'waste' our generated energy – we wanted to maximise our return. Now we've reduced our energy import consumption by 20p or so per kilowatt with UrbanChain's half-hour trading model."
Why sell through UrbanChain
Escape the wholesale rollercoaster
Escape market volatility
Sell on fixed, transparent terms you agree up front - instead of riding a spiky wholesale price you can't budget against.
Get paid for where it goes
Your power is matched to real local buyers every 30 minutes, so it earns retail-linked value - not spill or export rates. The value stays with you and your community.
Prove every unit
Transparent reporting traces energy each half-hour from your meter to the buyer.
Yes - you agree fixed terms up front. The half-hourly matching decides who buys your power, not what you get paid for it.
How it works
From your meter to a better price
Tell us about your site
Share your technology, capacity and location - a couple of minutes is enough to start.
We match you to buyers
We pair your output with local businesses who want to buy clean, locally-generated power.
Trade every half-hour
Matching runs every 30 minutes and records each trade with full traceability and transparency.
Get predictable revenue
We manage the transactions and billing for you, so you just get paid on the fixed terms you agreed - revenue you can forecast and build a plan around.
FAQs
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A traditional PPA or export tariff pays you a single wholesale-linked rate. UrbanChain matches your output to real local buyers every half-hour, so your power earns closer to the retail value the buyer would otherwise pay - not the spill price. You still get a contract and predictable revenue; it just tends to pay more.
Wind, solar, hydro, biomass and biogas - from a single rooftop array to a multi-megawatt farm. If you export to the grid and have (or can fit) a half-hourly meter, we can usually match you. We're also gathering alternative resources like batteries and EVs into the network.
In most cases, no. We work with your existing half-hourly metering and connection. Where a meter upgrade would help, we flag it in your quote before anything changes.
Matching runs every 30 minutes, so it follows your generation as it rises and falls. On low-output periods you simply have less to sell - there are no penalties for generating less than a forecast.
Flexible. Generators typically fix terms from 12 months up to 15 years depending on the option you choose - longer terms buy more price certainty.
A local energy market lets you share the power you generate - across your own sites, with partners you have teamed up with, or with businesses in your area - and sell any spare output into our wider pool. Selling to nearby users can also trim non-commodity costs, the grid delivery fees. You can even bring your supply chain in to reduce your overall carbon footprint. It needs no infrastructure upgrades, and we can set it up for you as an optional extra in addition to your export contract.