No 49.3, but a good 44! With an increase of around 10% on February 1 (+8.6 to +9.8%), electricity prices will increase by 44% in two years. Reduce your consumption to lower your bill? Yes, again… but self-generation of electricity using solar energy makes more and more sense. Eighteen months later its first solar panel kit Plug and playStart-up Beam does it again with Beam On, a new, more efficient kit capable of helping us absorb part of our electricity consumption. 20 minutes Explains how to take advantage of it.
A paradigm shift
Another surge in electricity prices. “And it is not over. At the end of February 2025, with the end of the tariff shield, a new limited increase of below 10% is still expected,” notes Ralf Feghali. To limit the damage, the president of the Nantes start-up Beam touts the benefits of its solar kits. praises, of which a new model, the Beam On, has just been released. Launched eighteen months ago, Beam’s first self-install kit has already won over thousands of customers. Consumer artists, we should say.
“This increase catalyzes a paradigm shift,” explains Ralph Feghali. And we see people turning to new patterns to generate their share of energy. According to an Opinion Way survey for BEAM conducted in October 2023, 45% of French people believe that self-production is necessary.
Thanks to solar power up to 460 W
The new beam on kit will allow its buyers to produce only a small fraction of their energy. Up to 460 W. But its performance has increased by 10% compared to the previous BEAM kit (still on sale). Measuring 191 x 113.4 cm (for 27 kg), Beam On takes the form of a panel just 30 mm thick. It can be fixed on the wall. But -even simpler-, placed on the ground only because of its support. “Like a deckchair in the sun!” », laughs the beam boss who promises installation in less than an hour.
Because once unpacked, placed (in landscape or portrait mode, which is very practical), oriented according to the three levels, you only need to connect the Beam On to the main socket of your house so that the electrical energy it produces is sent to the house. be donated. Network ” business Plug and play wants to give a flavor to the self-production of energy, and to provide the first stone for an installation that can eventually evolve,” explains Ralph Feghali. Because multiple beam kits can be combined. And multiply the electricity generation by solar energy.
Eclipses the “heel” of consumption
Beam On Price: 629 Euros per station. What should we hope for? First, a rate of 5 euro cents per kWh produced, compared to 22 cents at the regulated rate over the life of the product (at least 25 years advertised).
Next, cover what we call the “heal” of your consumption. This is the energy that constantly siphons power from our home appliances such as refrigerators or freezers, our internet box, and all those appliances on standby that seem to be out of nowhere. “The costs they represent can be largely absorbed and so we can count on savings of 240 euros per year over 25 years,” estimates Beam’s boss.
Solar power is not yet in the balcony
It is a shame that such a solution, which makes sense by purely and simply “closing” the residual consumption of houses (i.e. this famous “heel” of consumption), cannot be considered on the balcony if you live in an apartment. “When you want to install solar on a balcony, there is a safety issue. Installing a 20 kg product on the 5th floor is complicated,” admits Ralph Feghali. And if such installation should be carried out by a professional, it must also be inspected by the municipality and its co-owned town planning services contract.
Meanwhile, offers are pouring in for solar panel kits. Beam, Solenso, Sunethic or even Sunology which just launched with its first stations plugging directly into an electrical outlet: the offers are multiplying. For the most part, the investment is promised with a return of between 4 to 5 years.
