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▶ 16:34 · Energy & Power Generation · Virtual power plant scales to 1 GW (one nuclear plant) targeting 20 GW via subscription flywheel
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Scaling Europe

Delivering the cheapest and cleanest electricity: Philipp Schröder, Co-founder and CEO at 1KOMMA5°

2026-05-21 · 3 company · 8 thematic
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philipp schröder

Philipp Schröder co-founded 1KOMMA5°, a full-stack home electrification platform combining hardware installation (solar, heat pumps, batteries, EV chargers) with Heartbeat AI software that optimizes energy consumption per metering point. Previously worked at Tesla for several years. The company manages 1 GW of flexible capacity across Europe and Australia, targeting 20 GW.

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Electric Vehiclestailwindscore 8/10philipp schröder
EV batteries become bidirectional grid assets in home electrification flywheel
EVs are central to the electrification flywheel: customers experience 90% cost reduction on heat pumps via Heartbeat AI, then adopt EVs to use cheap electricity, adding 10-30 kW per househo…
AI Infrastructuretailwindscore 8/10philipp schröder
Heartbeat AI automates 100-year energy stack per metering point, not pooled aggregation
Heartbeat AI individually optimizes each customer's metering point using weather, consumption, and price forecasting — buying cheap, storing, selling high — unlike traditional virtual power…
Energy & Power Generationtailwindscore 9/10philipp schröder
Virtual power plant scales to 1 GW (one nuclear plant) targeting 20 GW via subscription flywheel
1KOMMA5° has aggregated 1 GW of flexible capacity from home batteries, EVs, and heat pumps, qualifying for frequency containment reserves in Sweden. Each subscriber adds 10-30 kW, and the f…
Nuclear Energytailwindscore 7/10philipp schröder
Distributed flexibility matches nuclear plant capacity without new construction
1 GW of aggregated distributed flexibility (batteries, EVs, heat pumps) equals the capacity of a modern nuclear power plant. The 20 GW target (20 nuclear equivalents) can be reached via sof…
Geopolitics & Trademixedscore 7/10philipp schröder
IPO timing hinges on US political trajectory; Nasdaq preferred but European sovereignty valued
Trump administration's stance on clean energy creates IPO uncertainty. The company is self-sustaining and expanding into California/Texas (85% US compatibility), but prefers Nasdaq listing.…
Sovereign AItailwindscore 7/10philipp schröder
European energy sovereignty requires full-stack control to prevent US/Chinese asset dominance
Customers trust 1KOMMA5° because it guarantees neither Chinese nor American entities control their home energy assets. Full-stack control (hardware, installation, AI) is a strategic necessi…
Tech Regulation & Antitrusttailwindscore 8/10philipp schröder
Regulatory equality for decentralized assets needed to unlock €255B savings, not subsidies
The 'capex mafia' (grid operators, power plant owners) lobbies for subsidies. Politicians lack awareness that regulatory changes — treating decentralized assets as equal generators, ending…
Grid & Power Infrastructuretailwindscore 9/10philipp schröder
Europe's 110M existing grid connections can replace massive capex via software-defined utilization
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