Advantech, the Taiwanese industrial computing company, will showcase its latest substation automation hardware and software at Enlit Europe 2025 in Bilbao next month, underscoring its push into digital grid modernisation alongside technology partners including Intel, ABB and Fortinet.
The event, held from 18th to 20th November at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, brings together utilities, system operators and technology firms focused on accelerating the digital transformation of Europe’s energy systems.
At the exhibition, Advantech plans to demonstrate how open ecosystems and cross-industry collaboration are enabling the virtualisation of protection, control and monitoring functions across the electrical grid.
The company’s substation automation portfolio—developed in line with the vPAC (Virtual Protection Automation and Control) and E4S (Edge for Smart Secondary Substation) alliances—targets challenges such as cybersecurity, distributed energy resource (DER) integration and secure real-time communication.
Advantech will present a range of CRA-ready certified computing platforms and connectivity solutions for both high- and medium-voltage substations. Its hardware is designed to support edge computing and virtualised automation, helping utilities manage renewable integration and grid resilience.
Paul O’Shaughnessy, Advantech’s Head of Energy and Utilities, said the company’s strategy is rooted in collaboration. “At Advantech, we work hand in hand with technology leaders to create open, future-ready platforms for the energy sector,” he said. “Our CRA-ready hardware underpins secure, virtualised and intelligent substations that meet the challenges of modern grid management.”
