Industries | Utilities & Energy
The operating layer for the decentralising grid
Cloud-to-edge orchestration and automation for utilities and energy: virtualise substation functions, deploy applications and AI across the territory and run every site from one control plane.
The Challenge
Utilities and energy companies struggle to modernise operations across thousands of distributed sites
Single-purpose equipment
Critical functions run on vendor appliances that work as black boxes: no shared telemetry, no repurposing, separate tooling per vendor.
Decentralised grid
Renewables and storage push intelligence to thousands of sites, each needing computing, monitoring and security beyond manual reach.
Always-on, real-time grid
Grid decisions happen in milliseconds and outages have public consequences. Data must be processed at the site, not in a distant cloud.
NearbyOne for Utilities & Energy
One platform to operate substations, plants and every grid asset
NearbyOne unifies infrastructure, networks, applications and AI across your distributed energy environments, with full control, automation and operational consistency.
From appliance to software
NearbyOne runs virtualised substation functions from the protection and control vendors you choose, on standard edge servers instead of single-purpose appliances. Each function is upgraded remotely and replaced independently of the hardware refresh cycle, with no truck roll.
Real-time where it matters
NearbyOne decides where each workload runs based on the policy you define: latency, capacity, site capability. Functions that must sit close to the equipment land at the substation, and the rest doesn't clutter it.
Secure, resilient operations
Sites keep operating when connectivity is limited, and NearbyOne keeps patching, vulnerability detection and recovery consistent across every substation in the territory.
The only fully vendor-agnostic platform
Use cases
Utilities and energy capabilities enabled by NearbyOne
Deployed and operated across every substation, plant and site from one control plane.
Virtual digital substation
Virtualise protection, control and monitoring functions onto standard edge servers, with guaranteed millisecond response and centralised lifecycle management across hundreds of substations.
✓Freedom from single-purpose appliances and vendor lock-in
✓Consistent operations across the whole grid
Grid monitoring & predictive maintenance
Process powerline, sensor and drone inspection data at the edge: fault detection, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance close to the assets.
✓Faults located before they spread
✓Fewer field interventions across the territory
Edge AI for site safety & security
Run video analytics at substations, plants and depots: intrusion detection, safety compliance and asset monitoring processed locally and governed centrally.
✓Real-time alerts without streaming video to the cloud
✓One security model across every site
Renewables & distributed energy at scale
Operate wind, solar, storage and microgrid sites as one fleet: zero-touch onboarding, controllers and analytics deployed remotely, and distributed energy resources coordinated across the portfolio.
✓New sites online in days, not months
✓One operating model across a growing portfolio
Smart metering & IoT infrastructure
Operate the gateways and concentrators behind smart metering and grid IoT: zero-touch provisioning, firmware and application orchestration and local data processing at scale.
✓Thousands of devices managed by a small team
✓Lower bandwidth and faster local decisions
Resilient operations at every site
Maintain continuity through consistent patching, vulnerability detection, configuration control and automated recovery across substations, plants and remote sites.
✓Consistent security posture across the territory
✓Reduced operational burden on field teams
Ready to run your grid from cloud to substation?
See how NearbyOne turns distributed grid assets into one operated system.
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