Lower costs
Optimize electricity costs across the whole network.
The system is built around lower electricity costs for participants, while making it easier to unlock rewards from flexible demand and local coordination.
Nature inspired Technology for people and the planet
Smarter local energy for lower electricity costs.
Gaian Grid gives people and the planet a simple and secure way to benefit from locally generated green electricity.
- Who it is for: Property owners, tenants, and everyone else on planet Earth.
- How it works: Uses the Open Source smart home platform Home Assistant to share electricity telemetry for local energy coordination.
- Why it matters: Supports local energy trading and flexible services, helping buildings with and without solar benefit from cheaper local green electricity.
- No setup barrier: You do not need Home Assistant or solar to participate or benefit, although the more people who do connect data, the better the system works.
- Why register interest now: Registering interest is free, simple, and helps gauge community interest and plan rollout areas with electricity network operators and retailers.
Why Gaian Grid
A live electricity insights and flexibility platform built for the future of distributed energy.
Gaian Grid is designed to turn aging distribution networks into intelligent, self-regulating energy ecosystems that work for households, property owners, tenants, and the grid.
Grid coordination
Coordinate distributed energy assets with cleaner, local signals.
Gaian Grid supports distributed flexibility, virtual power plant participation, and local electricity trading through a simple and secure open architecture.
Network upgrade
Make old infrastructure behave like a responsive energy ecosystem.
Instead of treating each building as an isolated load, Gaian Grid helps networks operate as connected systems that are ready for distributed energy resources.
Inspired by Nature
Every building becomes a technological tree in an interconnected local ecosystem.
In natural ecosystems, trees and other plants are linked through intelligent underground fungal networks that share information and resources for mutual benefit.
Gaian Grid applies that same systems thinking to electricity. Homes, apartments, and buildings become interconnected energy nodes that can share value, support the local network, and respond more intelligently to changing conditions.
Like plants, buildings with solar act as primary producers, turning the sun’s energy into a usable form that can support a broader ecosystem. Stationary batteries act as herbivores, feeding directly on primary producers when possible, while electric vehicles act as omnivores, drawing energy from both the herbivore batteries and the primary producers.
Who can participate
Built for property owners, tenants, and future solar adopters.
Property owners with solar
Sell cheap green electricity to tenants or the wider grid, earn a return on installed assets, and participate in local flexibility markets.
Homes without solar yet
Still benefit from participation by receiving cheaper local solar during sunny periods and supporting more efficient low-voltage distribution networks.
Tenants and shared buildings
Access lower-cost green electricity without needing to own the roof, while participating in a system that is designed to share value more fairly.
Platform values
Open Source
Stakeholder Capitalism
Everyone is a stakeholder, including you.
Gaian Grid is being designed as a transparent, simple, and secure platform for participation in local energy coordination and trading, with a model that treats users as stakeholders rather than passive endpoints.
No setup required
You can register interest now, even without Home Assistant.
Registering interest is free and only requires email verification. Home Assistant is only needed later if you want to connect live site data and contribute telemetry to the public view. Registering interest early helps show interest and plan with network operators and retailers.
Register interest
Ready to connect live data?
Read the setup guide, then request your setup token.
If you already have Home Assistant and sensors for any or all of power import, export, voltage, frequency, or reactive power, you can move straight into the quick setup flow. Even just a single voltage sensor helps and is often present on smart plugs and other common smart home devices.
Register interest
Registering interest is free and open to everyone. You only need to verify your email. Home Assistant, solar, batteries, and electricity sensors can all come later once you are ready to connect live data.