Simples Energia
PH Energia, Lda.
Porto, Portugal
About
Founded in 2014, Simples Energia is a limited company headquartered in Porto, Portugal specializing in Solar, Wind, Hydro.
Simples Energia, a brand of PH Energia, Lda., is a fully digital renewable energy retailer headquartered in Porto, operating in Portugal and Spain. Founded in 2014, it supplies CO2-free electricity from renewable sources, supports self-consumption and renewable energy production, and acts as the first national aggregator buying surplus production from self-consumption units through its Greenpartners community. It also pioneered renewable energy communities in Portugal and participates in European research projects on energy flexibility, virtual power plants and smart grids.
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Focus areas
Products & services
Business models
Value chain
Service areas (4)
Retail electricity supply
Supply of CO2-free electricity to businesses and households, including fixed and indexed (OMIE) tariffs.
Self-consumption surplus purchase
Purchase of surplus production from self-consumption units through the Greenpartners community, acting as a national aggregator.
Renewable energy producer services
Representation of small and large renewable producers in the liberalised market, including virtual power plant services and producer onboarding.
Guarantees of origin
Trading of renewable energy guarantees of origin.
Locations
Headquarters
Rua, Porto, Portugal
Operating locations (1)
- Calle Pizarro 16, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain
Service regions
Projects
6Flexigy
Research project to develop a platform for managing flexibility of distributed energy resources, including a virtual energy community operating behind meters and blockchain-based transaction management. Co-financed by Portugal 2020 and FEDER.
FleXunity
Project delivering AI-based virtual power plant services for retailers and aggregators. Simples Energia leads the pilot in Spain and Portugal, including a virtual energy community of 20 homes and 4 buildings. Funded under Horizon 2020.
NetEffiCity
Large-scale demonstration of technologies to improve building energy efficiency and enable distributed renewable production management. Co-financed by Portugal 2020 and FEDER.
inteGRIDy
Four-year innovation action integrating smart grid technologies into a multifunctional platform for distributed energy and demand response across ten pilot projects in eight European countries.
GPDER
Project developing predictive distribution network management and demand response modules for distributed energy resources, including renewable generation and EV charging. PH Energia acts as potential flexible asset aggregator.
Primera comunidad de energías renovables en Portugal
Pilot demonstrating energy sharing among consumers in a real environment, described as the first renewable energy community in Portugal.
Credentials & affiliations
Partnerships
Virtual Power Solutions, ISEP / CISTER, Ionseed, INESC-TEC, EFACEC Energia, ARMIS, REN State Grid Energy Research Center, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Electric Corby CIC, GECAD / ISEP
People
Management & team (1)
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