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Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader providing power grids and electrification solutions.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)

19 Nov 2025 · Grids Package, Electrical switchgear market

Meeting with Andreas Glück (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Nov 2025 · Climate and Energy Policy

Meeting with Auke Zijlstra (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Oct 2025 · Net stabilising

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)

16 Sept 2025 · Discussing industry challenges (Companies: Marubeni, Sumitomo Corporation, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Panasonic, Air Liquide Japan, Cosylab d.d, EDF, Energy Pool Japan, Shell Japan Limited, Siemens K)

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

15 Sept 2025 · Competitiveness

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

15 Sept 2025 · current priorities

Hitachi Energy urges EU to prioritize power grid modernization

4 Aug 2025
Topic — This consultation addresses measures to expand and digitalize European electricity and hydrogen infrastructure.
Message — Hitachi Energy calls for urgent grid investment and 25-year integrated planning. They want standardized designs to speed up manufacturing and lower project costs.123
Why — Long-term visibility would allow the company to plan manufacturing investments more efficiently.45
Impact — Global competitors may face market barriers as the EU supports European-based industrial leadership.6
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Meeting with Joachim Balke (Head of Unit Energy) and European Association of the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment and Services Industry

24 Jul 2025 · Tripartite contracts – Affordable Energy Action Plan

Meeting with Sebastian Tynkkynen (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jun 2025 · Sähköteollisuuden ajankohtaiset asiat

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

12 Jun 2025 · Roundtable meeting on clean industrial deal

Meeting with Mika Aaltola (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

5 Jun 2025 · EU Affairs

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and WindEurope and

8 Apr 2025 · Wind energy, electrification, competitiveness, permitting, grids

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

4 Mar 2025 · Networks

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

4 Mar 2025 · Insights into the electricity grid sector

Meeting with Ondřej Knotek (Member of the European Parliament)

19 Feb 2025 · Electricity grids

Meeting with Dario Tamburrano (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

18 Feb 2025 · Reti elettriche

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

12 Feb 2025 · Electricity Grids

Meeting with Koen Doens (Director-General Directorate-General for International Partnerships) and

6 Feb 2025 · Global Gateway investments

Meeting with Sofie Eriksson (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · Verksamhetsbesök på Hitachi Energi

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Head of Unit Energy)

5 Feb 2025 · To discuss the priorities of the new EU mandate, investments in manufacturing capacity and clean energy infrastructure, the strengthening of electricity grids and interconnectors, and supply chain, among others.

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

23 Jan 2025 · Dialogue to address the competitive landscape of clean electrons and how power systems evolve to accommodate growing demand (closed session)

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

15 Nov 2023 · Roundtable for Europe’s Energy Future (REEF)

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

6 Sept 2023 · High level dinner before the ENSTO-E grids event – discussion on the challenges for European networks and electrification.

Hitachi Energy urges grid expansion for 2040 climate goals

23 Jun 2023
Topic — The EU is establishing an intermediary 2040 climate target toward 2050 neutrality.
Message — Hitachi Energy advocates for prioritizing electrification and the rapid modernization of power grids. They call for stable regulations and standardization to deploy existing technologies at scale.123
Why — Grid investment and long-term framework agreements would provide Hitachi significant market visibility.45
Impact — Fossil fuel companies lose market share as electricity becomes the primary energy carrier.6
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Hitachi Energy Urges Realistic Taxonomy Standards for High-Voltage Switchgear

3 May 2023
Topic — The consultation establishes technical screening criteria for environmental objectives under the EU Taxonomy.
Message — Hitachi Energy proposes allowing equipment with GWP below 675 for high-voltage ranges. They also suggest aligning pollution criteria with existing RoHS and REACH chemical exemptions.123
Why — This ensures their new non-SF6 products qualify for sustainable finance and investment.45
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Meeting with Morten Petersen (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Apr 2023 · Ongoing energy related legislative work

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

25 Apr 2023 · Discussion on supplies of energy equipment in Ukraine, regulatory support to renewable manufacturing in the EU.

Meeting with César Luena (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Mar 2023 · MEP Luena's Team on Fluorinated gases

Meeting with Emma Wiesner (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

7 Mar 2023 · Värmepumpar inom regelverket för F-gas

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner)

15 Nov 2022 · Securing energy equipment for Ukraine.

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

20 Sept 2022 · F-Gas

Hitachi Energy urges higher GWP threshold for high-voltage switchgear

24 Jun 2022
Topic — The European Commission is reviewing rules to reduce fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions.
Message — Hitachi requests replacing the proposed GWP thresholds with a single limit of 1000. This would ensure grid reliability and support a faster phase-out of harmful SF6 gases.12
Why — Hitachi would continue selling its existing scalable and practical SF6 replacement solutions.3
Impact — Consumers face higher energy bills and the climate suffers from delayed SF6 phase-outs.45
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Response to Standards for recharging points for e-buses

14 Apr 2021

Hitachi ABB Power Grids feedback to Draft Regulation in the attached document
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Response to Revision of the guidelines for trans-European Energy infrastructure

4 Feb 2021

Hitachi ABB Power Grids welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a revised Regulation on Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E). Investments in reliable and flexible cross-border energy infrastructure need to be massively strengthened and accelerated. About EUR60bn annual investment in the power grids are needed to achieve the 55% Greenhouse Gas reduction target by 2030, as estimated in the European Commission’s impact assessment. This constitutes a massive increase in current investment levels and necessitates a step change in cross-border and cross-sector collaboration. Against that background we welcome in particular: • the new focus on sustainability as must-have selection criteria for infrastructure projects to qualify as Project of Common European Interest (PCI). • the new articles 14 and 15 on “Offshore grid planning” and “Offshore grids for renewable energy cross-border cost sharing”. Ensuring predictability for offshore investments is essential for all actors. Therefore the proposed coordinated regional planning of the amounts of offshore renewables in each sea basin for 2030, 2040 and 2050, with a subsequent regional grid planning should be endorsed by EU Institutions and urgently implemented. Building and integrating at least 60GW offshore renewables by 2030 in the EU - in addition to the 40GW announced by the UK in the same time horizon - needs a thorough planning involving all actors across the supply chain, including technology providers. The re-gional offshore plans should identify clear landing points for offshore connections and also identify nec-essary onshore grid upgrades, as coastal onshore reinforcements could quickly become a bottleneck. • the new energy infrastructure category “offshore grids for renewable energy” in Annex II.1.e. The scale of the European offshore ambitions will require a step change in grid technology. Integrating the planned amounts of offshore wind through point-to-point connections would be highly inefficient. We welcome the recognition in the European Commission’s Offshore Renewables Strategy from November 2020 that a meshed HVDC offshore grid is the right way forward. Hybrid projects, i.e. interconnectors which also feed in offshore wind directly via multi-terminal HVDC systems, will be the first building blocks of the future offshore grid, and must be duly supported and funded through the TEN-E process. • The decision to keep the “smart grids” project category within the scope of the TEN-E regulation. But we regret that criteria have not been revised to make it easier for Smart Grid projects to qualify as PCI. We recommend to expand CEF funding support to distribution networks, where the energy transition investment is acutely needed. • the proposed tools to accelerate completion time of infrastructure projects. As the Commission points out, in 2020 27% of electricity PCIs were delayed by an average of 17 months. Hitachi ABB Power Grids is a global technology leader and a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, the business serves utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centers. We have built numerous cross border interconnectors and integrated offshore wind farms with High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), a technology pioneered by us in the 1950s. We will provide the technologies needed to integrate these massive amounts of new clean electricity in Europe’s energy system. https://www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com
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