At Enlit Europe 2026, Schneider Electric, a global energy technology company, will showcase how intelligence across the grid, edge, and asset levels can help utilities manage growing complexity, optimise network performance, and prepare grids for rising, more dynamic electricity demand
Laurent Bataille, executive vice president, Europe Operations, Schneider Electric, said, “Enlit comes at a crucial moment for Europe’s energy system. With energy costs putting pressure on our competitiveness and the need to reduce our dependence on imported fossil fuels, accelerating electrification has become an economic and strategic imperative. But electrification at scale requires us to rethink how we build, operate and use our grids.
“We need to build more infrastructure but also unlock much more from what we already have. This means moving from a largely reactive system to one that can anticipate and plan for future needs. Digital intelligence and flexibility will be critical to this shift, helping utilities turn existing infrastructure into usable capacity, integrate more renewables and connect new demand faster.”
Energy intelligence across the grid, edge and assets
At booth A.a60, Schneider Electric will exhibit how energy intelligence across the grid, edge, and asset levels can help utilities maximise existing infrastructure and prepare for future energy demands.
- Grid Intelligence: The company will showcase One Digital Grid Platform, ArcFM, EcoStruxure ADMS, DERMS, and ETAP digital twins, helping utilities plan with more confidence, operate more efficiently, and respond faster to changing grid conditions.
- Edge Intelligence: EcoStruxure LV Grid Management, software-defined substations, and EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor will demonstrate how greater visibility and flexibility across distribution networks can help utilities integrate distributed energy resources at scale.
- Asset Intelligence: EcoCare, the EcoStruxure Asset Management System, and new advanced condition-monitoring technologies will show how asset data can be transformed into actionable maintenance insights to strengthen reliability and extend asset life.
These capabilities will demonstrate how utilities can move from reactive operations toward intelligent, connected, and increasingly autonomous grid management.
Additionally, the showcase will highlight the company’s strategic collaborations with Kraken and AiDASH, combining digital platforms, network flexibility, vegetation management, and climate resilience capabilities to help utilities navigate complex energy networks.
New technologies address evolving grid requirements
At Enlit Europe 2026, Schneider Electric will unveil:
- SF6-FreeRM AirSeT 36kV RMU tech preview: The next step in the company’s SF₆-free innovation, extending AirSeT technology beyond 24kV to meet the demands of increasingly power-dense applications. The RM AirSeT 36kV preview combines pure-air insulation with proven shunt vacuum interruption technology, delivering an alternative to SF₆ while preserving the reliability and operational simplicity customers expect.
- A new generation of Partial Discharge Monitoring and localisation for underground cables: Schneider Electric’s new solution can continuously monitor partial discharge in energised cables, locate it precisely, and act before a cable fault causes an outage. The technology measures cable partial discharge, identifies its type, assesses its risk, and pinpoints its location to ±1m across networks up to 2km. Operators gain actionable insight into what is happening, exactly where it is happening, and how urgently they need to act, enabling precise, targeted intervention. This results in fewer unplanned outages, fewer unnecessary excavations and cable replacements, longer asset life, and more optimised investment. Designed for non-intrusive deployment on existing networks, the technology can be deployed with Schneider Electric’s services teams in Europe, with global availability planned next. The company also plans to integrate the technology more broadly and natively across its medium-voltage switchgear portfolio, advancing its vision for more resilient, efficient and sustainable grids.
As the energy transition develops, bringing more renewables, energy storage and high-power loads such as EVs and AI data centres, Schneider Electric have revealed new tech previews for the New Energy Landscape:
- Medium-Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Switchgear Preview: RM AirSeT DC, Schneider Electric’s first MVDC switchgear, opens the way to a new generation of Hybrid AC/DC grids. MVDC switchgear can enable high-level integration of renewable energy for Hybrid AC/DC grids. Building on the AirSeT technology, RM AirSeT DC has already been successfully demonstrated in an MVDC pilot project. The company is seeking to expand into larger-scale deployments, further maturing the technology and accelerating the transition toward a hybrid AC/DC grid.
- From grid connection to battery rack, one coordinated BESS solution: Schneider Electric has expanded its low-voltage DC portfolio for BESSs with the EasyPact CVS DC breaker, EasyPact MVS DC switch disconnector, and EasyTeSys DC contactors. Combined with its MV offers, it supports BESS from grid connection to battery rack in one fully coordinated application. Centred on EasyPact CVS DC, the full-range Coordination Protection Solution combines breaker, fuses, and a BMS-controlled contactor into protection built for DC, with 30kA breaking capacity at 1500V DC for evolving battery storage, while EasyPact MVS DA1 adds high short-circuit withstand of up to 250kA with Schneider Electric fuses. One protection concept across three architectures simplifies and standardises integration, supporting safer, faster BESS deployment and accelerating the energy transition.
Accelerating Europe’s Energy Future
During the opening ceremony keynote, Laurent Bataille and Gerhard Christiner, CEO of Austrian Power Grid, will explore how Europe can strengthen competitiveness, affordability and energy sovereignty through electrification powered by renewables and storage.
The discussion will examine how grid modernisation, smarter connection processes and greater system flexibility can accelerate the integration of renewable energy while supporting growing demand for electrification, data centres, and AI factories. The session will draw on examples from Europe and beyond to highlight practical approaches to unlock more capacity from existing infrastructure and build a more resilient and efficient energy system.
Meet Schneider Electric at Enlit Europe 2026: 10-12 November 2026, Messe Wien, Vienna, Hall A, Booth A.a60
