Annoucements
E4S Alliance is pleased to welcome Eurotech as its newest Executive Member.
Today, Eurotech has joined the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations System (E4S) Alliance as an Executive Member. E4S is a DSO-led international initiative created to develop a standard, flexible, manageable, and interoperable edge computing platform for next-generation smart grids. By bringing together the largest distribution system operators in Europe with technology providers, E4S aims to digitize the grid, reduce total cost of ownership, and accelerate the deployment of new applications for the management and delivery of electricity. Eurotech will contribute its expertise in European-designed edge AI and IoT hardware, IEC 62443- 4-2 certified platforms, and open-source software as maintainer of Eclipse Kura and Eclipse Kapua, two leading projects of the Eclipse IoT ecosystem. Eurotech's participation reinforces its commitment to open standards, code sovereignty, and cybersecure solutions for critical infrastructure, in full alignment with E4S's mission to move the energy industry from proprietary silos toward open, interoperable architectures.
About Eurotech
About Eurotech
Eurotech is a multinational company that designs and develops edge computing platforms and systems, integrating hardware, software, AI, cybersecurity and services. Eurotech’s solutions enable intelligent data processing close to operational infrastructures, supporting applications in industry, transportation, energy and other high-reliability environments. Eurotech collaborates with leading international technology partners, developing a global ecosystem for the implementation of integrated Edge AI and Internet of Things (IoT) projects and solutions.
Past Announcements
We are proud to announce that the E4S Alliance has officially incorporated as an international non-profit association based in Brussels. This milestone marks a new chapter for our community after five years of successful collaboration as an informal network.
The incorporation was validated during our General Assembly held on November 19 in Bilbao, hosted by Iberdrola, and was celebrated at Enlit Europe 2025, where we made our first official appearance as a formally constituted organisation.
This new legal structure strengthens our mission to promote open, interoperable, and secure edge standards for smart secondary substations, enabling us to better support Europe's digital and energy transition.
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Today, Barbara is joining the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations System (E4S) Alliance, created to develop a standard, flexible, manageable and interoperable platform for next-generation Smart Grids. Having some of the largest distribution system operators in the world partnering with technology providers to co-develop an entirely new solution will revolutionize the energy transition and help achieve a climate-neutral economy. The E4S Alliance is helping digitize the grid and make it data-driven in order to meet carbon neutrality. Distribution System Operators (DSOs) will benefit from an open standard-based secure and highly scalable platform to monitor, protect and control the electrical grid. Virtualization of applications, in combination with edge computing, leads to lower total cost of ownership, faster time to market for new applications and more efficient management and delivery of electricity. Barbara, The Edge AI Platform for Digital Grid, will bring its expertise in deploying and maintaining Edge Apps and AI models into substations to help accelerate the modernisation of European substations.“We are glad to contribute to the specifications of the future intelligent substations and bring our expertise in edge computing technologies, having developed the necessary infrastructure for the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of distributed intelligence” states Peter Rawlins, VP of Business Development at Barbara.
From digital to intelligent substations
Barbara will join ABB, Ariadna Grid, Capgemini, Circutor, Dell, Enedis, E-REDES, Gridspertise, Iberdrola, Intel, Kalkitech, Landis+Gyr, Merytronic, Minsait, Ormazabal, Sagemcom, TTTech Industrial, Union Fenosa, VMware ZIV Automation in helping Digital Substations become Intelligent Substations.
About Barbara
Barbara is the Edge AI platform for Digital Grid. Since its foundation in 2016, Barbara has been developing a cybersecure by design Edge Infrastructure compliant with industry standards such as IEC-62443-4-2 security level 1.With the exponential development of hardware processing power and the commoditization of Machine Learning models, the Edge has emerged as a great alternative to the Cloud for deploying AI in critical processes. Barbara manages to reconcile the best of both worlds, extending the Cloud experience to the Edge with a flexible, robust, and easy-to-use platform, helping industrial organisations deploy and maintain AI across their distributed assets, with the privacy, security, autonomy, and real-time latency that the cloud cannot provide.Barbara´s technology stack incorporates all widespread industrial protocols southbound, freely runs any dockerised process or micro-service concurrently on the same device and includes all connectivity options northbound. If interested in knowing more, contact us.
From digital to intelligent substations
Barbara will join ABB, Ariadna Grid, Capgemini, Circutor, Dell, Enedis, E-REDES, Gridspertise, Iberdrola, Intel, Kalkitech, Landis+Gyr, Merytronic, Minsait, Ormazabal, Sagemcom, TTTech Industrial, Union Fenosa, VMware ZIV Automation in helping Digital Substations become Intelligent Substations.
About Barbara
Barbara is the Edge AI platform for Digital Grid. Since its foundation in 2016, Barbara has been developing a cybersecure by design Edge Infrastructure compliant with industry standards such as IEC-62443-4-2 security level 1.With the exponential development of hardware processing power and the commoditization of Machine Learning models, the Edge has emerged as a great alternative to the Cloud for deploying AI in critical processes. Barbara manages to reconcile the best of both worlds, extending the Cloud experience to the Edge with a flexible, robust, and easy-to-use platform, helping industrial organisations deploy and maintain AI across their distributed assets, with the privacy, security, autonomy, and real-time latency that the cloud cannot provide.Barbara´s technology stack incorporates all widespread industrial protocols southbound, freely runs any dockerised process or micro-service concurrently on the same device and includes all connectivity options northbound. If interested in knowing more, contact us.
Today, Schneider Electric is joining the Edge for Smart Secondary Substations System (E4S) Alliance, created to develop a standard, flexible, manageable and interoperable platform for next-generation Smart Grids. Having some of the largest distribution system operators in the world partnering with technology providers to co-develop an entirely new solution will revolutionize the energy transition and help achieve a climate-neutral economy. The E4S Alliance is helping digitize the grid and make it data driven in order to meet carbon neutrality.
Distribution System Operators (DSOs) will benefit from an open standard based secure and highly scalable platform to monitor, protect and control the electrical grid. Virtualization of applications, in combination with edge computing leads to lower total cost of ownership, faster time to market for new applications and more efficient management and delivery of electricity.
Schneider Electric major ambition is to accelerate more Green, more electrification and more digital, developing a portfolio of green products, cutting-edge software and services and DSOs are at the center of this new energy landscape. “We are glad to contribute to the E4S objectives and share our application know-how on hardware, software and cybersecurity to define a new standard to manage future MV/ LV substations” said Valerie Layan, Vice-President Power & Grid Europe.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries. We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.
Distribution System Operators (DSOs) will benefit from an open standard based secure and highly scalable platform to monitor, protect and control the electrical grid. Virtualization of applications, in combination with edge computing leads to lower total cost of ownership, faster time to market for new applications and more efficient management and delivery of electricity.
Schneider Electric major ambition is to accelerate more Green, more electrification and more digital, developing a portfolio of green products, cutting-edge software and services and DSOs are at the center of this new energy landscape. “We are glad to contribute to the E4S objectives and share our application know-how on hardware, software and cybersecurity to define a new standard to manage future MV/ LV substations” said Valerie Layan, Vice-President Power & Grid Europe.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On. Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries. We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.