Beyond the Microgrid

Microgrids and local energy communities already allow buildings and communities to generate, store, and manage electricity locally.

EnergyNet takes the concept a step further.

Inspired by the architecture of the internet, EnergyNet is designed to connect multiple local energy systems into a broader decentralized network. Instead of remaining isolated energy islands, these local networks can become part of an interconnected energy system while remaining connected to the traditional electricity grid. 

At Brunnshög, electricity is produced, stored, and shared through a parallel local network, with an energy router providing the connection to the wider grid. The system uses an open energy protocol inspired by the same principles that allow information to move across the internet.

The vision is an electricity system where energy can increasingly be produced locally, managed intelligently, shared efficiently, and connected broadly.

But making that vision possible requires more than technology. It requires investment, viable business models, supportive policies, and collaboration between energy companies, property owners, communities, technology providers, entrepreneurs, governments, and investors.

From Pilot to Scale

The EnergyNet journey has already begun.

Brunnshög, Lund

The world's first EnergyNet was inaugurated in 2025 as part of CoAction Lund. The project connects properties with solar generation and battery storage, enabling locally generated electricity to be shared between buildings. 

Pottugnen, Lund

The next step is a larger residential deployment, building on the experience from Brunnshög and applying the EnergyNet model on a larger scale.

These projects take the EnergyNet conversation beyond theory and raise a much bigger question:

Could interconnected local energy networks become an important part of the electricity infrastructure of the future?

What We'll Explore

• Beyond the Microgrid: How interconnected local energy networks could complement today's centralized electricity grid.

• EnergyNet in Practice: What we're learning from Brunnshög and the next implementation at Pottugnen. 

• Solar, Storage & Smart Technology: How distributed energy resources can be produced, stored, managed, and shared locally.

• From Pilot to Scale: What it takes to move from individual projects and energy communities toward much larger interconnected networks.

• Investment & Venture Capital: What investors look for, how energy innovation gets funded, and what it takes to move promising technologies and business models from pilot projects to scale.

• Policy & Regulation: How regulation can enable or hinder new approaches to electricity generation, sharing, and distribution.

• International Perspectives: What Europe and North America can learn from each other as energy systems evolve.

Why Attend?

The transition toward a more decentralized and interconnected electricity system presents major challenges, but it could also create significant opportunities for innovation, investment, real estate, and new business models.

At Green Connections 2026, you'll:

• See EnergyNet in the real world: Learn from projects already putting these ideas into practice.

• Go beyond the microgrid: Explore what becomes possible when local energy systems can connect and work together.

• Explore the path to scale: Understand what needs to happen technologically, financially, and politically for EnergyNet to expand.

• Hear the investor perspective: Learn how venture capital evaluates emerging energy technologies and what it takes to attract investment.

• Gain international perspectives: Hear different approaches and experiences from Europe and North America.

• Connect technology with business: Explore how energy, real estate, technology, finance, government, and communities intersect in the energy transition.

Whether you work in energy, technology, real estate, venture capital, investment, government, or sustainability, or are simply interested in where our electricity infrastructure is heading, Green Connections 2026 offers an opportunity to explore an emerging model for the future of energy and hear from people working to make it happen.