STARKE ENERGY SL

Their core work

Starke Energy is a Barcelona-based technology SME that builds platforms and tools enabling decentralised, peer-to-peer energy communities. Their work sits at the intersection of energy systems and blockchain technology: they apply smart contracts to automate energy trading and sharing within local groups of prosumers, removing the need for a central intermediary. In H2020 projects they function as specialist third-party providers, supplying specific technological components rather than leading the broader research agenda. Both projects they joined — RENAISSANCE and CREATORS — are large-scale Innovation Actions deploying and demonstrating community energy systems across European sites, which positions Starke as a niche tool-builder rather than a research organisation.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

With only two projects starting in consecutive years (2019 and 2020), a meaningful evolution is difficult to establish — this is essentially a snapshot of a single period rather than a trajectory. Both engagements target the same domain (community energy), and the technology framing visible in RENAISSANCE (smart contracts, decentralisation) does not visibly shift in CREATORS, for which no keywords were captured. The honest read is that Starke entered the H2020 ecosystem with a focused, already-formed technology offer around blockchain-enabled energy communities, and pursued it consistently within a tight two-year window.

Starke is narrowly but consistently focused on blockchain-powered local energy sharing; there is no sign of broadening or pivoting, which suggests they are deepening rather than diversifying their technology offer.

How they like to work

Starke has never held a coordinator or full participant role in any H2020 project — both appearances are as a third party, meaning they supplied a discrete technology contribution under contract to the main consortium rather than sharing in its governance or EC funding. This is consistent with a small company that has a well-defined product or tool and integrates it into larger, publicly-funded demonstration projects. With 39 distinct partners across 12 countries reached through just two projects, they have operated inside large Innovation Action consortia without being a core member of either.

Despite participating in only two projects, Starke has indirect exposure to 39 unique consortium partners spread across 12 countries — a consequence of joining large Innovation Actions that aggregate many European utilities, municipalities, and research bodies. Their direct working relationships would be narrower, focused on the lead partners who contracted their services.

What sets them apart

Starke occupies a specific niche that most energy SMEs do not: they bring distributed ledger and smart contract technology directly into community energy deployment projects, rather than working at the grid infrastructure or policy level. This makes them relevant to any consortium that needs a ready-made digital backbone for peer-to-peer energy trading among prosumers. As a Barcelona-based SME with no coordinator credits, they are best approached as a specialist sub-contractor or technical partner rather than a project leader.

Highlights from their portfolio

• RENAISSANCE
  The earlier and keyword-richer of the two projects, this 2019–2022 Innovation Action explicitly documents Starke's technology fingerprint — smart contracts, decentralisation, interoperability — making it the clearest public evidence of what the company actually contributes.
• CREATORS
  A four-year Innovation Action running through 2024, this is Starke's most recent H2020 engagement and their longest project timeline, indicating sustained relevance in the community energy deployment space.