
Smart parking and charging for electric bicycles and scooters
Published on 27 May 2025 by Equipa Enbiente
- Mobility
- Charging
- Solar
Enbiente's solution for safer and more sustainable cities.
In recent years, personal mobility vehicles, such as electric bicycles and scooters, have moved from being an urban curiosity to becoming an essential part of modern mobility.
In Portuguese cities, as in several European capitals, light mobility is gaining users due to its speed, low cost and reduced environmental impact.
This growth also brings new urban challenges. This is where Enbiente intervenes, with technological solutions that bring energy and mobility together.
The urban challenge: where can vehicles park and charge safely?
Despite the growing adoption of personal mobility vehicles, most cities are still poorly prepared to accommodate them safely and functionally.
The result is visible: scooters left next to poles, bicycles locked to railings, and improvised charging from domestic sockets. These situations affect public space and increase fire risk, especially when lithium batteries are charged indoors without proper control.
Urban infrastructure urgently needs to be reconsidered.
How can electric mobility remain convenient, safe and sustainable over the long term?
Enbiente's answer: Helios, solar energy serving urban mobility
Enbiente is bringing an innovative solution to Portugal: Helios, a self-sufficient and intelligent parking and charging station for electric bicycles and scooters.
Designed by the Spanish startup Solum, Helios represents a new paradigm in urban infrastructure: sustainable, safe and independent from the electricity grid.
Ideal for municipalities, companies, universities, shopping centres and condominiums, Helios combines modular design, solar energy and intelligent charging in a single piece of equipment.
What makes Helios different?
Intelligent charging
The station integrates a regulated and protected system, preventing overloads and electrical fluctuations.
Charging is safe, controlled and fully autonomous, with no need for connection to the conventional grid.
Clean energy generated on site
Helios is powered by Arena, a solar pavement made of high-performance photovoltaic tiles.
These tiles are walkable, modular and non-slip, transforming the ground itself into a renewable energy generator without occupying additional space or compromising urban design.
Safety and convenience
The combination of secure parking with intelligent solar charging addresses the main needs of those who use and manage personal mobility vehicles.
Less disorder, lower risk, greater sustainability and efficiency.
Results that speak for themselves
Helios infrastructure is already operating in more than 70 locations in Spain, with over 1,000 daily users.
Since the beginning of the year, the average number of charges has doubled, rising from 30 to more than 60 per week. This growth is a clear sign of increasing adoption and the real usefulness of the solution.
Enbiente supporting sustainable urban mobility
At Enbiente, we believe the future of energy is also on the move.
And that a smart city starts with the way it produces, stores and uses the energy that powers its mobility.
With Helios, we are taking a firm step towards cities that are:
- More organised and liveable;
- Safer and more technological;
- Cleaner and more self-sufficient.
Make your space part of the change
If you represent a municipality, company or public space management entity, Enbiente can help you integrate Helios solutions into your project.
We create customised installation, sizing and energy integration plans, adapted to each urban context.
Talk to us today and turn your space into an example of safe and sustainable mobility.


