UGE and Solar Juice form strategic partnership

Urban Group Energy (UGE) and Solar Juice have announced a strategic partnership that the companies say will benefit retail solar businesses throughout the country.

The partnership will see the integration of UGE’s SolarFund wholesale solar division with Solar Juice’s national wholesale operation, while UGE will facilitate all future STC trading on behalf of Solar Juice and its customers.

The move allows each company to focus on individual strengths and consolidate their core businesses for the benefit of the retail solar industry by offering access to an expanded range, improved supply chain and competitive pricing for wholesale products, coupled with an expanded, more flexible range of STC trading services and options.

The move also recognises the challenges faced by the retail solar industry as it evolves to develop a more sustainable business model in the post feed-in tariff environment.

“Moving forward with this strategic alliance, both companies can unify and present their strengths to the industry and their customers significantly; together we can offer market-leading STC trading and the widest variety of wholesale solar products with fast turnaround and competitive pricing,” said Adam Pearse, CEO Urban Group Energy.

The new arrangement will see customers of both Solar Juice and SolarFund enjoying a greater solar product range, as well as leading STC trading facilities.

John Walters, National Sales Manager for Urban Group Energy, will join the team at Solar Juice to facilitate the change and ensure SolarFund customers experience a smooth transition and ongoing support.

Likewise, Solar Juice STC trading customers will continue to experience all the benefits of their current relationship, with the added advantage and security of the backing of one of Australia’s largest environmental traders.

“The agreement reached with UGE has enormous benefits for our network which will see the introduction of additional products and services,” said Andrew Burgess, Sales Director at Solar Juice.

“We also see a great opportunity to be able to offer a vastly expanded product range to the SolarTrade and CO2markets network that was not available previously.”