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

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United States

Trump taps defense funding for Indiana coal upgrades

President Donald Trump announced he’d direct $700 million in national defense and energy funding to refurbish or build coal power infrastructure across the cou…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Optimus Energy Solutions Acquires South Carolina EV Fast-Charging Network

Optimus Energy Solutions (OES) has acquired and will continue operating a major electric vehicle fast-charging network in South Carolina. Originally developed t…

Japan

Maxell to Begin Joint Research with JAXA on All-Solid-State Battery Technology

Maxell has been selected by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for its JAXA Space Technologies Rapid Evaluation Program on Small Satellite (JAXA-STEP…

Australia

Recharge Power partners with Energy Decarb for 292MWh battery storage pipeline in Australia

Recharge Power, a Taiwanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer and integrator, has partnered with Australian renewable energy developer Energy Decar…

Pakistan

Multiple electric, hybrid vehicles expected to launch in Pakistan

Pakistan’s automobile industry is expected to undergo a major transformation in the coming years.The electric and hybrid vehicles are continuing to enter the P…

Nigeria

Nigeria signs $1.5b Katsina-Ala hydropower concession in major African PPP milestone

The Federal Government signed the Concession Agreement for the Grand Katsina-Ala Hydropower Project.This was just as it formally appointed Maverick Energy Partn…

India

​UP cabinet approves 2,400MW expansion of Meja thermal power project

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the expansion of the Meja Super Thermal Power Project in Prayagraj with the addition of three new power generation units …

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…