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Why participate ENLIT EUROPE?
ENLIT Europe is the hub where energy producers, grid operators, technology players, policymakers and innovators meet to give concrete shape to the energy transition.
The Summit brings together top European decision-makers and CEOs for strategic discussions on market design, investments, and systems integration, while the Hub Sessions on the show floor (10+ stages, 200+ sessions) showcase hands-on cases, pilots, and tools—from digital twins and AI to flexibility markets, storage, and hydrogen.
The community is end-to-end: from generation (low-fossil, renewable and dispatchable) to end user, with special attention to grid reinforcement, digitization, security and sector coupling.
Presenting start-ups in the Innovators Zone and being paired with utilities, VCs and corporate venture teams; EU projects show their results in the Projects Zone.
With 15,000+ participants, 700+ exhibitors and a 500+ field of speakers, ENLIT is a deal-making and knowledge platform that covers both strategy (Summit) and implementation (Expo & Hubs)—making it a fixed event for anyone who wants to decarbonize and digitize Europe’s energy system.
Themes
- Grid & system: transmission and distribution, grid management, grid edge, metering & data
- Generation & flexibility: power generation, energy storage, demand response, distributed generation, energy communities
- Climate & market: decarbonisation, financing & investment, policy & regulation
- Technology & digitalization: digital twins, AI, cybersecurity, IoT/SCADA and automation
- Sector coupling & mobility: hydrogen, e-mobility, infrastructure and integration
Target audience
ENLIT attracts utilities, TSOs/DSOs, energy companies and retailers, grid operators, vendors, consultants, system integrators, start-ups, investors, policymakers and EU projects—in short, the entire energy community.
Getting there
The Bilbao Exhibition Centre is located in Barakaldo and easily accessible by metro line 2, of which the Ansio stop is right next to the north entrance.
Bilbao Airport is about 13 km away and offers a quick connection to both the exhibition centre and the city centre.
Visitors arriving by car can count on more than 4,000 parking spaces and good public transport connections.
Exhibitors and visitors
Expected in 2025: 15,000+ visitors, 700+ exhibitors, 500+ speakers from 140+ countries
Previous edition: approx. 15,000 visitors, 200+ sessions, 500 speakers
