Cleanwatts announced this Thursday a restructuring of its group of companies. The main change in strategy involves the autonomy of the digital business unit, which will focus on the implementation of batteries alongside renewable assets, “in addition to its behind-the-meter energy efficiency solutions, both in Portugal and internationally,” said the company, which creates and manages Renewable Energy Communities (RECs).

“The reflection that followed the blackout experienced in Portugal and Spain in April led Cleanwatts to focus on solutions that increase the resilience of its customers and electricity grids to phenomena like this: Energy Communities and the effective use of artificial intelligence tools,” he explains.

The restructuring takes effect this month and also aims to increase the company’s competitiveness and operational efficiency.

This strategic decision allows Cleanwatts’ energy projects division to attract investment for the creation and management of Energy Communities in a sustainable manner, aligned with market needs and growth, and that provide greater energy cost savings to industrial and commercial customers.

At the same time, the now-named Cleanwatts Digital will be autonomous and will focus on technological development in the area of energy efficiency and the emerging flexibility market, with the aim of responding to the challenges of the energy transition.

The company aims to strengthen the resilience of national and international power grids and markets, “a need made evident by the recent blackout. Both companies (Cleanwatts and Cleanwatts Digital) maintain a shared commitment to accelerating the energy transition through innovative, sustainable solutions adapted to local realities.”

Maintaining its headquarters in Coimbra, Cleanwatts Digital is now dedicated exclusively to the operating system, already in operation, designed specifically for the management of energy assets, including production plants and electric vehicle chargers, with a special focus on the growing flexibility market, driven by the increasing economic viability of batteries.

“Decentralized electricity generation is the simplest path to the energy transition. Besides having a low production cost, it can be stored and allows us to decarbonize a large part of our economy’s consumption, such as land transportation and industrial heat generation,” comments Cleanwatts CEO Pedro Antão Alves.

Portugal will see significant growth in this type of energy generation, based on the National Energy and Climate Plan. “This will enable the country to become a benchmark for the reindustrialization of Europe, based on clean, indigenous energy at a competitive price,” adds Pedro Antão Alves.

Cleanwatts says it will continue to finance and manage solar power plants for industrial and commercial companies, and export the surplus to neighboring customers in the form of Community Energy, so that both can enjoy lower energy prices.