About Lumena Energy
We founded Lumena Energy to address a weakness in the world’s energy infrastructure. By connecting smaller energy systems and coordinating how they work, we saw a way to give communities more control over their energy.
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2019 to 2025
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01 / 07 Our history
We started with an idea: the world’s fragile grid infrastructure could be strengthened by connecting smaller energy systems and controlling them together. That idea became Lumena Energy.
02 / 07 Our history
We founded Lumena Energy Academy after recognizing a critical gap. To scale our work, we needed a workforce development program that could train more people and replicate our success as we grew.
03 / 07 Our history
We grew to $1.5 million in revenue through bootstrapping and gained our first local government clients, helping them develop their energy strategies.
04 / 07 Our history
We moved into our headquarters at Willis Tower in downtown Chicago, establishing a home for the next stage of Lumena Energy’s growth.
05 / 07 Our history
We partnered with the University of Chicago to develop quantitative modeling for distributed energy resources, or DERs, advancing our work in understanding how connected energy assets perform.
06 / 07 Our history
As word about our work spread, we gained our first foreign clients and developed strategic relationships with countries facing severe energy disparities.
07 / 07 Our history
Working with an overseas manufacturer, our team engineered Lumena Energy’s proprietary Virtual Power Plant inverter, enabling a dynamic relationship between the energy nodes we manage.
Our mission
Our work brings energy consulting, installation and software together. We help communities plan their next steps, put energy assets in the field and coordinate them as a connected network.
Through Lumena Energy Academy, we also train the people needed to carry that work forward.
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