Orkestra, like many other successful start-ups, started its journey in the middle of a recession. In 2020, just after COVID-19 shut down the world and nearly shut down Orkestra's predecessor, (New Energy Ventures), co-founders James, Chris, and Michael set about answering an important question - where in Australia are the best places to deploy commercial industrial batteries and virtual power plants? 

 

 

The team turned their research into a whitepaper - Opportunities for Batteries & VPPs in the Australian Commercial & Industrial Segment. The white paper was described by one senior executive at a tier one energy retailer as "seminal to our thinking on the C&I battery opportunity". At another tier one retailer and solar installer: "a key factor in our decision to establish a C&I battery offering".
 

With the incredible customer feedback the team was receiving, the code base for the whitepaper was quickly turned into a consulting service and eventually spun out of New Energy Ventures into Orkestra.

 

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Having officially launched in May 2022 and with customers including most of the Tier 1 energy retailers and solar EPCs in the country, Orkestra is now becoming the leading new energy feasibility modelling software in Australia. 

 

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We're on a mission to power the world's energy decision-making and create a renewable energy future. Orkestra is doing this by creating powerful, easy-to-use feasibility modelling and sales tools that remove the barriers for businesses deploying new energy solutions.

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