Enlit Europe 2025 Congress
Enlit Europe 2025 Congress to be held in Bilbao
From 18 to 20 November 2025, Bilbao will host the Enlit Europe Congress. The event aims to connect industries to promote the change of energy model towards a sustainable solution.
At Iberdrola Group, we consider grids to be a key factor both for the electrification of the economy.
What is Enlit?
Enlit is a global forum dedicated to addressing all aspects of the energy transition. Enlit Europe is the year’s main event and its location changes within the continent. In 2022, it will be held in Frankfurt, in 2023 in Paris, in 2024 in Milan, and in 2025 in Bilbao.
The aim behind the event is to bring together companies to connect and generate synergies. Presentations are given that showcase new technologies that may change the industry in the near future. The main topics are digitalisation, decarbonisation and an environmentally sustainable energy transition.
The congress is not the only event organised by the forum, which also puts together lectures and online classes to apply new methodologies. They also publish a newsletter and an annual guide with the year’s major advances.
Progress on the smart grid
Telecommunications trends and applications in the smart grid.
Electrical substations
Find out what electrical substations are and how they work.
The road to smart grids
A global transition to a green grid powered by renewables.
High, medium and low voltage
Discover their different peculiarities and uses.
Enlit Europe 2025 in Bilbao
In 2025, the event will be held in Bilbao, at the Bilbao Exhibition Centre, which has already been confirmed as the venue. The city of Bilbao, Iberdrola's headquarters, has been transformed into a global energy hub, making it the perfect setting for Enlit Europe 2025. With Iberdrola at its core, an ecosystem of companies, large and small, has grown around it, driving the electrification of local and regional economies.
Enlit Europe 2025 will bring together more than 10,000 professionals from the energy industry. The event will be a time to discuss the most innovative solutions to current and future energy challenges. Attendees will also be able to explore the latest technologies and products that are changing the way energy is generated, distributed and consumed.
This event will not only mark an important step on the road to cleaner and more sustainable energy but will also consolidate Bilbao as one of the world's leading energy cities.
"For more than two decades, Iberdrola has been leading the transition towards a secure, competitive and fully decarbonised energy system through electrification. This model is driving more and more industrialization, jobs and social progress every day. We look forward to seeing you all in Bilbao on the occasion of the Enlit Europe 2025."
Ignacio S. Galán
Executive Chairman of Iberdrola
Enlit on the Road
Another major event organised by Enlit is Enlit on the Road. This initiative focuses on how the energy transition is progressing in some of Europe's major cities. The last On the Road was held in Valencia.
This meeting connected companies, industries and suppliers through digitalisation, energy transition and electrification, organised by Enlit Europa, with the support of Iberdrola and the collaboration of the Energy Cluster of Valencia, institutions and companies in the industry.
During the event, the importance of smart grids was highlighted, which are indispensable for bringing clean and competitive energy to families and businesses safely and reliably.
Iberdrola at the Enlit Europe 2024 Congress
In 2024, Enlit held its event at the Milan Fair on 23 and 24 October. It was attended by 15,000 people, 700 exhibitors and 450 people who participated in the Congress, where Iberdrola was present. Several senior executives of our company have drawn some key conclusions from the event to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, clean and efficient model:
Electrification is essential to promote industrialisation, which requires major investments in networks
In a panel about sustainability and competitiveness, Ana Lafuente, Networks Global Director, argued that the best way to promote Europe’s industrialization is electrification, which requires a significant network investment increase. Lafuente added that such investment is key to the stability and reliability of supply, enabling the integration of renewable energy and ensuring that electricity reaches all customers efficiently and safely.
Regulatory certainty is paramount to re-booting the energy transition
Álvaro Ryan, Regulation director at i-DE, explained that regulatory certainty is paramount to re-booting the energy transition, alongside the removal of barriers such as investment limits and excessive permitting, and the promotion of anticipatory investments. In a roundtable dedicated to regulation, Ryan said regulatory frameworks should also adapt to new types of investment, particularly in digital and innovation areas.
Digitalization offers great opportunities to enhance quality of service
Marta Solaz, Business Information Security Officer at i-DE, stressed the importance of providing excellent service to customers and meet Net Zero commitments. However, risks should not be underplayed, namely cyber threats. A complex and more digitalized network increases the attack surface. Utilities must prioritize securing their processes, including supply chain (a potential backdoor for cyberattacks) by using control mechanisms that will reduce risk and protect their critical infrastructure and the service delivered to their customers.
The importance of grids in the energy transition
At Iberdrola Group, we consider grids to be a key factor both for the electrification of the economy and for the revitalisation of the territories we work in. We consider regulated assets –together with renewable energies–to be keys to our strategy.
A total of 85% of investments in grids are aimed at markets with closed frameworks for the coming years and 80% of the gross profit from this business is protected from inflation and interest rates. These investments will enable us to increase the asset base to EUR 54 billion by 2026, EUR 12 billion more than in 2023 and 38% more than in 2022.
Ya operamos uno de los sistemas de distribución más importantes del mundo, con 1,3 millones de kilómetros de distribución y transporte, más de 4.500 subestaciones y más de 1,6 millones de transformadores, construidos y operados para suministrar un servicio de alta calidad y fiabilidad a más de 34 millones de puntos de suministro de electricidad.
At Iberdrola, we continue to work on the modernisation, digitalisation and automation of grids as key to improving the quality of the distribution system and guaranteeing the massive incorporation of renewables in the near future, as well as to promote the electrification of mobility, buildings and industry. At the same time, we promote jobs in electricity grids as a growing area with enormous potential for various professional profiles.
At Enlit we have the opportunity to meet with the key agents in the ecosystem for the electrification of the economy, essential for the integration of renewables, sustainable mobility and self-consumption.