Florian Arndt

Florian Arndt is the founder of PowerHive, a Dutch market access provider that gives commercial and industrial companies direct access to European wholesale energy markets. Before founding PowerHive, Florian spent nine years at Shell, where he helped build Shell Energy’s B2C energy supply business in the Netherlands. That work gave him first-hand experience of how traditional supply models are built, and of their limits for customers with flexible assets. Founded in 2024 and based in the Netherlands, PowerHive is a licensed energy supplier and Balance Responsible Party (BRP). It acts as a neutral execution layer between asset owners, optimizers and the market. PowerHive is built on one conviction: the energy market is moving from fixed supply contracts to active trading. As solar, batteries, EV charging and controllable demand grow, more of the value sits in flexibility, timing and direct market access. Traditional supplier models were not designed for that. They bundle market access w