The global energy landscape is shifting at unprecedented speed. Renewables are scaling rapidly, electrification is expanding across industry, residential consumption and mobility, and electricity networks are being asked to do far more than ever before.
Integrating non-programmable renewable sources, ensuring supply continuity, managing increasingly digitalised infrastructures and optimising energy flows have become urgent priorities. The transformation is no longer theoretical; it is operational, technological and immediate.
Against this backdrop, DPE – International Electricity Expo 2026 returns to the Rimini Expo Centre from 4 to 6 March. Organised by Italian Exhibition Group in collaboration with Generazione Distributa – Engines, Components and Generating Sets, a confederate of ANIMA Confindustria – and the ANIE Federation, the event positions Italy at the centre of Europe’s technological energy transition.
A Strategic Alliance with KEY – The Energy Transition Expo
DPE 2026 will take place alongside KEY – The Energy Transition Expo, reinforcing the natural link between distributed generation, renewable energy sources and electricity infrastructure.
This joint platform creates a fully integrated ecosystem that spans sustainable power production, transmission, distribution and advanced energy management. By aligning hardware innovation with renewable deployment, the two events provide a comprehensive view of the solutions required to make the energy transition tangible and scalable.
From Generation to Smart Distribution: The Entire Supply Chain on Display
DPE 2026 will showcase national and European excellence across the full electrical hardware spectrum. Exhibitors will range from generator sets and industrial engines to light towers, static and dynamic UPS systems, alternators and transformers.
Storage technologies, conversion systems, power factor correction equipment, control panels, LV and MV switchboards, cables and advanced distribution systems will also feature prominently. Mechanical, electrical and electronic components suppliers will be joined by engineering consultancies and technical service providers.
The audience will reflect the industry’s breadth: designers, installers, electrical material distributors, O&M operators, utilities, EPC contractors, ESCos, maintenance professionals and rental companies.
Knowledge Exchange and High-Level Debate
Beyond the exhibition floor, DPE 2026 will offer a strong content programme focused on enabling technologies and infrastructure resilience. A key highlight is the conference “Energy Infrastructure for Growth – Prospects, Enabling Technologies, Critical Issues”, organised by ANIE and Generazione Distributa, scheduled for Thursday 5 March at 4:15 pm in the Energy Distribution Arena (Hall A5).
The event aims to facilitate dialogue between industry leaders, policymakers and technical experts, transforming today’s structural challenges into innovation and competitiveness opportunities.
Industry Leaders on the Future of Electricity Infrastructure
Alessandra Astolfi, Global Exhibition Director of the Green & Technology Division at Italian Exhibition Group, emphasises that the growing integration of non-programmable renewables, storage diffusion and electrification demand electricity networks capable of evolving into intelligent, digitalised and resilient systems.
She highlights that DPE places the entire electrical hardware supply chain at the centre of this transformation and that its synergy with KEY strengthens the integrated vision necessary to deliver a concrete and achievable energy transition.
Giorgio Paris, President of Generazione Distributa, underlines that the energy transition cannot exist without modern and efficient electricity infrastructure. As electricity becomes the primary vector across industry, residential consumption and mobility, distributed generation plays a critical role in ensuring operational continuity and safeguarding vital infrastructures.
Michele Lignola, General Director of ANIE Federation, points to the unprecedented structural transformation underway in the global energy system. Driven by decarbonisation, electrification and digitalisation, this evolution requires intelligent networks and advanced electrical technologies to guarantee system security, flexibility and resilience.
Companies represented by ANIE are central to this shift, providing the technologies that enable automation, energy efficiency and smart electrification. Within this framework, DPE confirms its role as a reference platform for the entire electricity supply chain, fostering concrete solutions to accelerate Europe’s energy transition and reinforce industrial competitiveness.
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