Overview
Arthur Despiegelaere is a co-founder of Ella Energy AI, a role he has held since February 2025. He is based in Gent.
He co-founded CleverNett in February 2022 and has served as its chief executive since then, and he has sat on the board of POC Partners since January 2021.
Despiegelaere began his career at RSC Anderlecht, where he worked as a data analyst from July 2018 to February 2020 before becoming coordinator of recruitment until December 2020.
He studied at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel from 2014 to 2019, graduating with a master's degree in finance within applied economics.
Career history
In the news
- In Rotterdam today with Amélie Van Den Hende for The End of Manuel Asset Operations organised by Blockbax. Thank you Michel Klaasse and Dario Van der Horst for the interesting insights on how to monitor and operate assets. Going back with a lot of ideas and free credits to use the new AI features in our platform.
- Lots of messages after we opened up our data. Thanks. Here are the answers to the 3 most asked questions. Capture price of injection: Σ[I × DA − (−I − N) × (IMB − DA)] / ΣI The portfolios: B2B: 19 sites, 13.5 MWp / 12.6 MWh, mainly injection sites (>60%) B2C: 2,023 sites, 17.2 MWp / 18.3 MWh, all sites operational before this month The difference: B2B injects most of its production. B2C uses far more on site (68% self-sufficiency, 52% self-consumption on average). Most requested next: future capture curves. Last 30 days have been
- Lots of messages after we opened up our data. Thanks. Here are the answers to the 3 most asked questions. Capture price of injection: Σ[I × DA − (−I − N) × (IMB − DA)] / ΣI The portfolios: B2B: 19 sites, 13.5 MWp / 12.6 MWh, mainly injection sites (>60%) B2C: 2,023 sites, 17.2 MWp / 18.3 MWh, all sites operational before this month The difference: B2B injects most of its production. B2C uses far more on site (68% self-sufficiency, 52% self-consumption on average). Most requested next: future capture curves.
- Happy to be attending the Climate Tech Summit 2026 at Antwerp Zoo, themed around building resilience! Organised by Climate Tech Connect, the summit brings together a curated group of climate tech founders, investors, ecosystem players and corporates from across the Benelux and beyond. Looking forward to a day of sector deep-dives, matchmaking and great conversations. See you there! Antwerp Zoo | November 10th | 08:30 - 17:15
- Today we launched CleverNett open-data platform. CleverNett wouldn’t be where it is without open data from the sector. Thanks to Elia, Pexapark, Clean Horizon, Electricity Maps and many others who share theirs. Now it’s our turn to give something back.
- Thanks Arthur Despiegelaere for your great insights in the panel discussion! ☀️🔋
- 70% of Europe’s electricity is already clean. But less than 25% of the energy we use is electric. I kept thinking about this at the EESA Summit in Brussels yesterday. Today we still use a lot of gas and diesel in industry, transport and heating. That is the real challenge for Europe. And we will not solve it alone. At the summit I saw that Europe and China can give a lot to each other. China is strong in innovation and manufacturing. Europe is a big market with a clear plan to go green. So yes to a partnership, but with clear
- Yesterday our CEO Arthur Despiegelaere joined the panel on European Electricity Market Mechanisms and Innovation in Energy Storage Business Models at the EESA Summit in Brussels. The question: "What changes when you put a battery next to a solar park instead of building it on its own?" His answer: turn solar energy from a commodity into a product. Since day one, our mission has been to make solar energy attractive. A battery helps on 3 levels: 1/ Infrastructure One project, one grid connection and, at our hybrid parks, even one
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