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2019 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Asia (ISGT Asia)

Programs Overview

India

Coal India plans 10-year roadmap to slash 243 MT coal imports

State-owned Coal India Ltd is planning a comprehensive 10-year roadmap to slash the current 243 MT coal import volume through ramped-up domestic production, coa…

United States

Texan start-up targets disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extraction

Engineering firm Wood will work with start-up Eclipse Energy on producing hydrogen from disused oil wells using microbes at a target price of $0.5 per kilogramm…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan launches industrial production of gasoline with bioethanol made from grain processing waste

Kazakhstan has begun industrial production of Bi-95 automotive fuel with the addition of bioethanol made from grain processing waste, the Kazakh Agriculture Min…

Design efficiency up 70%: Digital platform transforms lighting project delivery, says industry innovator Chen Donghong

Lighting design has long been slowed by disjointed software, repeated modeling, and inconsistent on-site results. Now a fully integrated digital platform develo…

Indonesia

Indonesia to go ahead with B50 biodiesel mix this year, president says

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto said ‌on March 30 during an official visit to Japan that the Southeast Asian country ​will go ahead this year with …

Offshore Wind Power

RWE receives approvals for offshore wind farm in German North Sea

RWE has been given the green light for a further offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. In late March, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency …

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan launches major power transformer maintenance & upgrade program

Kyrgyzstan is set to undergo large-scale power transformer maintenance and upgrades in 2026, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Energy announced.In line with directives fro…

United States

Consumers Energy Gets Approval for Major Grid Upgrades

March 27, Consumers Energy today received the green light to carry out new upgrades to secure Michigan's electric grid, a major investment that will keep th…

Portugal

Akuo to build 220 MWh battery at Santas solar PV plant

Akuo, a global renewable energy player, is set to commence construction of SantasBAT, a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 80 MW of power a…

New Zealand

New Zealand ramps up EV charging network

The New Zealand Government is backing the rollout of more than 2,500 new public EV charge points with $52.7 million in zero-interest loans. The programme is sup…

Energy Storage System

Capacity Greenfield cleared to build 99.9-MW battery in England

Greenfield has secured planning permission for the Earls Barton battery energy storage system in Northamptonshire.The company said the project will support grid…

Russian

Vietnam, Russia sign agreement on new nuclear plant

An intergovernmental agreement has been signed on cooperation in the construction of the Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant in Vietnam, to feature two VVER‑1200 …

Methane

California regulator conditionally approves first RNG contract under state biomethane procurement programme

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has conditionally approved a long-term biomethane procurement contract between Anaergia's SoCal Biomethane…

Cuba

Cuba starts to restore power after new blackout

Cuban authorities started to gradually restore power to the island Sunday after the second nationwide blackout in a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging …