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Why smart entrepreneurship starts with smart energy management.
Grid congestion is affecting more and more SMBs. The solution? Don’t wait — get started yourself.
What is grid congestion?
Grid congestion means that the electricity grid in your region is full. There is simply not enough capacity to meet growing demand. More charging stations, more heat pumps, more electrification — but the same grid from twenty years ago.
The result: you can’t get a larger connection. Or you’re put on a waiting list. In some regions, grid upgrades take three to eight years. In the meantime, you can’t expand, install additional charging infrastructure, and your energy costs keep rising.
This doesn’t only affect large companies. More and more SMBs are running into the same wall.
What alternatives are there?
You don’t have to wait. There are technologies that let you create your own capacity — within your existing connection.
Peak shaving — Use battery storage to absorb peaks in your electricity consumption. You stay within your contracted connection capacity, but effectively have more capacity. No fines, no waiting time.
Smart charging — Schedule charging of electric vehicles at times when there is spare capacity. Not everyone at once at 08:00, but spread throughout the day. Automatically, via the platform.
Energy arbitrage — Charge your battery when electricity is cheap (at night, solar), discharge when prices are high. You don’t just save — you also earn from it.
Own generation + storage — Solar panels combined with battery storage. What you generate during the day, you use in the evening. Less dependent on the grid, lower costs.
How do you get started?
Start with insight. Before you invest in storage or charging infrastructure, you want to know what your current consumption pattern looks like. Where are the peaks? When is there excess capacity? How much can you shift?
Mithra helps you with that. With IoT sensors, we measure your energy consumption in real time. Based on that data, we design a solution that fits your situation — whether that’s a battery, smart charging, or a combination.
No standard package. A system that pays for itself.

