When Edoardo Dellepiane and Raffaele Sertorio founded Niko Energy in 2023, they saw ample opportunity in Mexico’s underdeveloped solar market. Despite the fact that many parts of the country are bathed in sunlight, it has strikingly few solar installations.
After more than a year of helping solar installers sell, plan, and finance panels for residential and small commercial building owners, they spotted another opportunity: building Mexico’s first virtual power plant.
Demand for power is surging in Mexico, and multinational corporations…