Overview
Powernaut launched in January 2024 and announced a first wave of partners that June, naming ScoptVision, Innovoltus, MyGrid, BePowered and Qbus with 20 MW of combined installed capacity. In September 2024 Degroote spoke as chief executive about a residential energy flex program launched in Belgium with an energy supplier. Customers now include Luminus in Belgium, Romande Energie in Switzerland and DSG in the Netherlands, the last of which runs 350 MW of solar and batteries across four markets on the platform. The Ghent office sits in the Wintercircus, and company job listings also name Barcelona and Berlin.
Degroote founded Powernaut in 2024 with Serge Morel, the company's co-founder and CTO, and the two were long-time friends before starting it. The company announced a EUR 2.4 million pre-seed round on 11 December 2024, led by Revent in Berlin and joined by Seedcamp in London, Pitchdrive in Antwerp and Syndicate One in Brussels. At the time of that round Powernaut worked with partners managing over 200MW of decentralised energy assets. Degroote has since been quoted as chief executive on the SAP listing in July 2026 and the Nord Pool partnership in August 2026.
Career history
In the news
- Taking the stage at FLEXCON - The Energy Flexibility Conference like.. 😎 Florentijn Degroote will be up there introducing you to FlexOps. Welcome to our home turf. See you in Antwerp🇧🇪, 23 and 24 September.
- The next phase will not be won by adding megawatts alone." Florentijn Degroote, in Grid Innovation by Enlit The Netherlands hit that wall first. Three lessons from it: ⚡ Plan flexibility alongside grid expansion, not after it ⚡ Modernise the operating layer before the portfolio outgrows it ⚡ Build open, so operators keep control of their assets and existing hardware Five minute read..or so →
- Who else thinks LinkedIn is quietly turning into Facebook? The algo is leaning hard into our primal emotions: fear, anger, and outrage. Short, snappy, emotional one-liners and animal videos are trouncing thoughtful professional opinions (and our appreciation for fancy words like 'trouncing'). And there is a ripple effect direct to consumer brands haven't accouted for yet. Because as the feed now rewards emotion, angry customers suddenly find a stage. And unlike Facebook, the audience watching is your board, your regulator, your
- For years I've heard the same story at utilities, just told in different accents (sometimes really thick ones 😉). Renewable asset operations live in an isolated place, mostly spreadsheets. Customer billing and financials live in the ERP. And nothing connects the two. As of today, that bridge exists. Powernaut's Energy Operations Workspace™ is live on the SAP Store. Solar, batteries, EVs and other distributed assets now plug straight into the SAP workflows utilities already run. Meter-to-cash meets the flexibility economy,
- Last week we teased this one. Here is the full conversation. DSG runs 350 MW of solar and batteries across the Netherlands. They replaced a legacy system, that kept losing control, with Powernaut. Now they operate their own assets, reaching their own markets, on their own terms. The product stands on it's own, but the extra cherry on top is how the two teams work together. Tight, fast and no nonsense, just like how we build every operator relationship. Shout-out to the Withthegrid team too, great partnership and solid kit in the
- That is something we never had before.” That’s DSG on finally taking back control of their assets. Martijn Vermeer and his team run 350 MW of PV & BESS in the Netherlands. Their old operations and monitoring system was notoriously flaky, and did not support steering capabilities properly. Now powered by Powernaut’s Energy Operations Workspace, all DSG’s assets, live data, and dispatch run through one intuitive system. And better yet, it brings their entire asset, market, and business operations together too. Full case study video
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- Did you know Munich once saved itself from destruction using nothing but beer? In the 17th century, Swedish forces occupied the city and threatened to burn it down. Instead of a surrender of some sort, Munich’s leaders negotiated a legendary bribe: they traded hostages and 600,000 barrels of local beer for their freedom. The King accepted, and the city was spared. To recover from those losses 300 years later, we'll bring some beers back into the system. This time Belgian though. Come find us!
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