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Marlin · the Aldea platform

The software that manages solar communities end to end

Marlin is Aldea's all-in-one platform to manage solar communities: from acquiring the customer to issuing their invoice. The full lifecycle of shared solar energy, in a single system.

The full lifecycle

From acquisition to monthly billing

01
Acquisition

CRM and sales pipeline with automatic generation of quotes and proposals.

02
Contracting

A fully digital process, with e-signature and SMS verification.

03
Management

Installations, energy, solar communities and tariffs all in one place.

04
Billing

Automated collection, owner settlements and integration with your ERP.

What Marlin does

The whole solar business, in one system

What used to live in spreadsheets and several tools now sits in a single platform. Every process has its own screen.

CRM and sales

Contacts, companies and deals in one pipeline. Quotes with dynamic calculations and PDF export.

Digital contracting

Contracts generated from templates, digital handwritten signature with SMS verification and full audit trail.

Solar communities

Hour-by-hour share allocation, energy distribution contracts between members and generation-vs-consumption analysis.

Solar installations

Technical data sheet and real-time monitoring with the leading inverters. Actual generation vs. estimate.

Energy and consumption

Hourly consumption and technical data for each supply point, with clear demand curves.

Tariffs and billing

Indexed, fixed or flat tariffs. Automated billing, settlements and direct-debit collection.

Security and control

Built for sensitive data

Customer, contract and invoice data handled with the care it deserves.

Roles and permissions

Granular access control, from administrator to end customer.

Full traceability

A record of every action on contracts, invoices and the system.

GDPR compliance

Encryption of sensitive data, data minimisation and safe deletion.

Strong authentication

Two-factor, API tokens and SMS verification.

Integrations

Connected to the whole energy ecosystem

Marlin talks to the tools you already use.

Datadis & SIPS

Hourly consumption and technical data for each supply point.

Inverters

Huawei, Solis, SunVec and more, in real time.

PVGIS

Solar generation estimates.

Billing & ERP

GoCardless, Holded and your billing system.

Comms & AI

Email, SMS and a built-in AI assistant.

Do you manage solar communities?

Tell us about your case and we'll show you how Marlin manages your whole cycle, from acquisition to billing.