Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, "Hitachi") - Hitachi Energy, a global leader in electrification, today announced the launch of HMAX Energy, an AI-powered suite of services and solutions designed to safeguard critical energy infrastructure while enabling operational efficiency. Delivered through trusted customer partnerships, HMAX Energy optimizes planning, prediction, and prevention – strengthening energy security and resilience.
The electrification of many industries and the rise of new power-intensive sectors are accelerating the need to expand and modernize the power grid - the one trillion-dollar investment of our time1. In most countries, much of the grid infrastructure has already exceeded its expected lifetime and was not designed to meet today’s demands2. The sector also faces a major constraint: supply chains for grid equipment are under severe pressure. As a result, increasing the availability and extending the lifetime of existing assets has never been more critical, making partnerships more important than ever.
To meet these demands, Hitachi Energy has launched HMAX Energy - the latest addition to Hitachi’s HMAX portfolio of AI solutions for social infrastructure. HMAX by Hitachi spans Energy, Mobility, and Industry, and is a realization of its Lumada 3.0 strategy.
HMAX Energy combines deep-domain expertise and leading AI capabilities across the entire value chain, covering primary energy infrastructure equipment from products, such as switchgear and transformers, to entire substations as well as complex HVDC systems and power quality solutions. Designed to be flexible to customers’ technology choices, HMAX Energy’s modular and secure offering is structured across three pillars:
HMAX Energy builds on strong reference cases, demonstrating that fast emergency response and the prevention of costly failures and repairs can reduce revenue loss from equipment breakdowns by up to 60 percent. Through early detection, HMAX Energy can also reduce transformer failures by 50 percent and repair costs by up to 75 percent, supporting greater operational efficiency and grid availability3,4.
“Today’s aging grid is under unprecedented pressure and faces multiple challenges simultaneously, such as soaring energy demand, increasing complexity, supply chain constraints, and workforce shortages. With HMAX Energy, we are partnering with customers to safeguard critical infrastructure, anticipate failures earlier, and keep electricity reliable.” Wolf Mueller, Managing Director, BU Service, Hitachi Energy
From infrastructure design and construction to operations and service, HMAX Energy builds on technologies already proven in the field. One example is the use of digital twins like IdentiQ® – part of HMAX Energy - for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems, which can reduce incident response times by up to 90 percent4.
Baltic Cable, one of the world’s longest subsea HVDC links, has implemented a digital twin data platform for its HVDC system. The platform brings together asset information, analytics, and operational data in a clear visual interface, providing a real-time view of the system’s status, lifecycle, performance, and potential future conditions.
“Baltic Cable is committed to an interconnected Europe with secure, affordable, and sustainable energy for all. This strategic collaboration is enabling us to manage our own operations with greater precision while strengthening its resilience for the decades ahead.” Jan Brewitz, Technical Director, Baltic Cable
Meanwhile, ERG, one of Italy’s leading renewable power operators, has digitalized a hybrid switchgear, by monitoring its operational parameters on-site, boosting asset availability and overall performance. The monitoring solutions gathers and analyzes all switchgear performance data which is then evaluated by Hitachi Energy's Collaboration Center in Lodi, Italy, a strategic service hub that delivers 24/7 product expertise and real-time support, facilitating condition monitoring and a proactive maintenance strategy for ERG with a 35 percent reduction in time spent on site inspection activities4.
“The use of digital monitoring - as part of HMAX Energy - increases asset availability and overall performance and is an essential part of our maintenance strategy.” Francesco Ingrassia, Head of Maintenance for South of Italy and Islands, ERG
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jun 23 - 24, 2026
