POWERING CLEANER
AIR FOR ALL.
Believ is on a mission to deliver cleaner air for all - installing and operating public EV chargers at zero cost to councils and businesses. To power that growth, it partnered with UrbanChain, whose private energy market matches charging demand to renewable generation every half hour, bypassing the wholesale market for stable, traceable, locally matched electricity - now committed for a further three years as Believ scales nationwide.
The challenge
TRACEABILITY
AT NATIONAL
SCALE.
Believ, one of the UK's fastest-growing EV charge point operators, was expanding its network at pace - adding partnerships with Leeds City Council, Plymouth City Council, and national retail park operator 9Yards.
Traditional wholesale market contracts couldn't provide the half-hourly traceability that public-sector partners and investors increasingly require. And with energy prices pegged to gas, the volatility of standard contracts threatened the commercial certainty Believ needed to plan infrastructure deployment at national scale.
Operational
Scaling sockets at pace across councils and commercial sites - while securing reliable supply and the half-hourly data partners now expect.
Commercial
Standard contracts peg energy to volatile wholesale gas markets, undermining the cost certainty needed to plan national infrastructure and investor returns. UrbanChain breaks that link, pricing outside the wholesale market to give Believ stable, predictable costs.
Sustainability
Generic "green" tariffs can't be traced to a generator. Councils and investors increasingly demand verifiable, locally matched renewable energy. UrbanChain delivers exactly that, matching every charge to certified generation on a half-hourly basis, traceable to source.
The UrbanChain solution
A PRIVATE
ENERGY MARKET.
TRACEABLE TO SOURCE
Energy matched to certified renewable generators - the verifiable provenance councils and investors require.
HALF-HOURLY MATCHING
Demand matched to renewable generation every 30 minutes, aligning charging with real clean-energy availability rather than annual paper offsetting.
PREDICTABLE PRICING
By prioritising our Private Market generators over the wholesale market, UrbanChain insulates Believ from gas-driven volatility and passes cost efficiencies to partners and drivers.
Energy is generated through UrbanChain's diversified renewable pool, procured via the UC portfolio, and consumed at Believ's charge points - with the option to route specific local generators to local sites through private markets.
How we deliver
A REPEATABLE
MODEL.
Profile demand
Charging demand across the network is profiled and forecast - sharpening as the estate grows.
Match every half hour
Demand is matched to renewable generation every 30 minutes through the UrbanChain pool, with transparency throughout.
Price transparently
Commodity cost is set on a volume-weighted basis with non-commodity costs passed through transparently.
Source local, scale national
Where it strengthens a tender, specific local generators are routed to nearby sites - added without re-contracting as the network grows.
The energy journey
Outcome of partnership
THE
OUTCOMES.
TRACEABLE HALF-HOURLY RENEWABLES
Every charge is backed by renewable energy from certified generators, matched on a 30-minute basis - going far beyond standard market certificates. This gives Believ the verifiable environmental data their council and investor partners demand.
LOCAL GENERATION TO LOCAL SITES
UrbanChain's private energy market routes locally generated clean energy to Believ sites, supporting the mission of Cleaner Air for All at a community level and strengthening every conversation with the councils they serve.
THREE-YEAR PRICE STABILITY
A three-year extension provides commercial certainty and protection from wholesale market volatility, enabling confident infrastructure planning and deployment at national scale.
INFRASTRUCTURE-GRADE SUPPLY
UrbanChain maintains secure supply across Believ's national footprint while offering flexibility to source local renewable power where available - built for serious, repeatable infrastructure rollouts.
Renewable energy delivered
THE ENERGY
WE'VE MATCHED.
Share of renewable generation by source, January to April 2026.
Wind
48.5%
non-UC Renewables from Grid
19.6%
Solar
14.2%
Hydro
13.0%
CHP
2.5%
AD
2.3%
Monthly breakdown
National coverage
LOCAL ENERGY,
LOCAL CHARGING.
UrbanChain matches Believ's sockets to renewable generators across the UK - bringing local clean energy to local sites, nationwide.
across 876 locations
matched within the UC portfolio
Believ is backed by
What they said
VOICES FROM
THE PARTNERSHIP.
"UrbanChain gives us supply that is genuinely traceable, competitively priced, and aligned to how our network actually operates - and that strengthens every council partnership and every conversation with the communities we serve. We look forward to working with UrbanChain over the next three years and beyond, giving us commercial certainty to plan at scale."
Guy Bartlett
CEO, Believ
"This is infrastructure-level system change. We've built local renewable generation routed to local consumers - through choice, not obligation - giving long-term certainty to serious infrastructure rollouts. This is what powering communities, councils, and the decarbonisation of transport at scale actually looks like."
Charlie Parry
Chief Growth Officer, UrbanChain
Future vision
BEYOND
A SUPPLY
CONTRACT.
- Extending the model across Believ's full national rollout as sockets scale toward tens of thousands.
- Routing more locally generated clean power to local sites - deepening community energy ties.
- Connecting EV charging with social housing, schools and municipal assets into regional clean-energy ecosystems.
- Giving councils and investors a repeatable blueprint for decarbonising transport at national scale.
POWER YOUR
INFRASTRUCTURE
WITH US.
Whether you're deploying EV infrastructure, managing a commercial estate, or scaling across multiple sites - UrbanChain delivers traceable, competitively priced renewables built for serious rollouts.