Energy companies develop solutions like apps for monitoring and optimizing energy usage and solar systems for powering homes and businesses. In Australia, where renewables now represent more than a quarter of the country’s electricity generation, utilities providers are looking for innovative ways to deliver services. Take a look at the below Melbourne energy companies helping to keep the lights on across Australia.
Top Energy Companies in Melbourne
- Momentum Energy
- Amber Electric
- Choice Energy
- Powershop
- Dodo
Energy Companies in Melbourne to Know
Octopus Energy focuses on renewable energy, both electric and gas, for businesses and residences. The London-based company handles all aspects of green-energy projects, including solar and wind. It also makes products for electric vehicle charging, including a device called Powerloop, which lets people charge their cars overnight using less-expensive energy. Octopus Investments Australia, a division of the company, has offices in Melbourne and Sydney.
Origin Energy is an Australia-based retailer of electricity, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and solar energy to commercial and residential customers. Origin also offers internet services and EV services, ranging from choosing and buying the car to charging it at home. It is based in Sydney and has an office in Melbourne.
Amber Electric is a wholesale provider of electric energy that’s headquartered in Melbourne. The company uses real-time pricing to pass wholesale cost savings on renewable green energy sources to its clients, significantly undercutting the retail cost of energy. The company also offers solutions for overseeing and managing solar and battery systems.
Shell Energy Australia is a division of Shell, one of the world’s biggest energy companies. Shell Energy Australia provides electricity to large and small businesses and gas to large businesses. The company also offers renewable energy contracts, which enable its customers to buy renewable energy. Shell Energy Australia also provides a service that helps companies plan renewable energy projects. The company has offices in Brisbane and Perth as well as Melbourne.
Powershop is an energy retailer serving residential and small business customers across Oceania. Powershop provides home and electric vehicle power in conjunction with a dedicated app that allows consumers to track their usage and cost. The company installs complimentary smart meters for its customers upon request to facilitate closer tracking and greater energy efficiency.
BP Plc, a big name in the energy business, offers a variety of energy products — oil, gas, electric, bioenergy (which is made from things like used cooking oil), hydrogen (which emits no carbon dioxide) — and services such as EV charging. The company has nearly 83,000 employees worldwide. Its Australia office is in Melbourne.
Ovo, founded in Australia in 2019, aims to get affordable and accessible energy to Australians, according to the company. It offers solar-panel installation and battery storage (fueled by solar energy) via a partnership with Brighte, a sustainable energy company based in Sydney. Ovo is based in Melbourne.
Dodo is a utilities provider, offering mobile telephone, internet and energy services, which are available as bundled products for significant consumer savings. Covering service in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, its contract-free flexible payment options make it a popular choice among cost-conscious customers.
Choice Energy is an energy management company that procures and brokers energy for commercial clients. When clients sign on, they are assigned an energy management consultant who monitors, controls and conserves energy usage in the client business’s operations. Choice Energy also protects its clients from spikes in energy costs and routes saved funds toward long-term infrastructure — like fully outfitted commercial solar systems — to further cut energy spending.
Momentum Energy is a green energy company owned by Hydro Tasmania, a major renewable energy producer. Serving thousands of businesses and residential consumers across Australia, the company aims to offer energy services at competitive pricing to win over price-sensitive as well as mission-guided customers.
