Mega Microgrid Collaboration Reveals Abound at Start of RE+ Event
LAS VEGAS--The massive RE+ energy conference kicked off Monday with numerous major microgrid players announcing collaborations focused on developing the next generation of more streamlined, cost-effective and artificial intelligence (AI)-savvy microgrids.
AZZO and Schneider Electric are uniting as the latest partnership in the latter’s EcoStruxure Microgrid Flex platform which seeks to standardize and modularize microgrid development to reduce costs and interconnection delays.
Eaton and microgrid design firm Xendee also announced at RE+ that they are teaming up to optimize future microgrids with artificial intelligence-powered tools to improve engineering, design and distributed energy resource integration.
Both reveals happened at the start of RE+ 2025, happening this week at the Venetian Expo and Caesar's Forum along the main Las Vegas strip. RE+ is one of the world’s largest clean energy conferences with more than 30,000 attendees and dozens of content sessions around microgrids, DERs, energy management and data tools for decarbonization goals.
Microgrids are advancing as an alternative to a utility grid which is not keeping up with capacity growth needs expected on the data center, industrialization and electrification fronts. Building energy generation at the edge of the grid, or even off-grid, can strengthen energy resiliency as electricity demand expands.
The joining of AZZO Power to the Schneider Electric Microgrid Flex team follows several other companies, including Sprocket Power and Pisgah Energy, which are combining expertise and resources to standardize microgrids. Schneider Electric will combine the pre-engineered microgrid architecture of the EcoStructure Microgrid Flex concept with AZZO’s EnergyX internet-of-things integration and lifecycle services connecting meters, controllers, enterprise platforms and DERs.
“AZZO’s EnergyX platform and integration expertise are a powerful complement to our Microgrid Flex architecture,” Samantha Childress, Microgrid Partner and Strategy Director at Schneider Electric, said in a statement. “We’re proud to support this initiative, which helps accelerate the deployment of standardized, cost-effective microgrids that advance sustainability and resilience for U.S. businesses.”
Eaton, meanwhile, is a longtime power management and grid equipment provider which has expanded its microgrid research and development work in recent years. The collaboration with leading modeling and operations platform firm Xendee will offer a fully integrated microgrid solution as the industry accelerates its push to meet data center and industrialization demand.
“Our partnership with Eaton allows us to provide a full-suite solution for microgrids by combining Xendee’s design and model predictive control software and distributed energy modeling expertise with Eaton’s control hardware and expertise, providing microgrid project owners and developers what they need to implement systems at scale and maximize their return on assets,” said Adib Nasle, Co-Founder and CEO of Xendee.
Eaton is committed to supporting the Xendee deployment of AI-powered tools for DERs so much so that it also headed up a Series B financing round for the company to help fund expansion.
“Together with Xendee, we’re unlocking new ways to help customers maximize the functionality and value of their microgrid investments across North America and Europe,” said Angie McMillin, president of energy solutions and services at Eaton. “We’re confident that uniting Eaton’s proven microgrid expertise, intelligent power management solutions and services with Xendee’s advanced digital optimization technology will better position microgrid operators to seize the opportunities created by the energy transition.”
Schneider Electric, Eaton and Xendee have all been major microgrid sector contributors for years, including participating in content and exhibition support at the annual Microgrid Knowledge Conference. The next Microgrid Knowledge Conference is May 4-6, 2026, at the Renaissance SeaWorld in Orlando.
In the meantime, RE+ 2025 unfolds this week in Las Vegas with numerous sessions around microgrids both connected and off-grids, as well as examining the role of distributed energy resources in meeting the AI energy demand of the future.
AZZO, Schneider Electric, Eaton and Xendee are all participating at RE+ in multiple content sessions and as exhibitors.
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