Case study

Virtual power plants aggregate distributed energy assets to function as a single power plant, but each connected device—from solar inverters and battery systems to EV chargers and smart thermostats—represents a potential cyberattack entry point that could destabilize the grid. Current solutions rely on outdated security models with fragmented tooling that cannot scale to millions of devices.

Proprietary systems create vendor lock-in while increasing management complexity, deployment time, and total cost of ownership. The rise of AI-driven energy management demands unified trust architecture that delivers enterprise-grade protection without operational overhead.

The partnership combines Eurotech’s proven edge computing platform with Intertrust XPN’s trusted data interoperability and scaled key management. XPN replaces fragmented security point products with a unified trust fabric—delivering zero-trust architecture with explicit trust verification, end-to-end encryption and scalable key management for millions of devices. This integrated approach shrinks breach impact, enables faster containment, and lowers incident costs when attacks occur.

Eurotech’s ReliaGATE 15A-12 gateways bring industrial-grade reliability with ready-to-deploy capabilities including container management, Zero-Touch provisioning, OT field protocol connectors, and device lifecycle management—all designed for low total cost of ownership. Unlike competitors who treat security as a separate layer, the solution integrates security at the hardware and software level with open-source architecture. Containerized XPN implementation enables rapid deployment and validation, with plans to extend across Eurotech’s broader gateway portfolio.