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

Programs Overview

South Korea

Hyundai Motor Group Opens First Integrated Waste-to-Hydrogen Facility in Cheongju

Hyundai Motor Group has opened HTWO ENERGY Cheongju, its first Group-operated integrated waste-to-hydrogen production and refueling facility, establishing a loc…

United States

California Launches $3,500 EV Rebate for First-Time Buyers

California will introduce a new $3,500 instant rebate for first-time electric vehicle buyers later this summer, moving to offset the cancellation of federal EV …

Austria

EIB Grants €450 Million Loan for OMV Green Hydrogen Plant in Austria

The European Investment Bank has granted a €450 million loan to support the construction of OMV’s green hydrogen production plant in Bruck an der Lei…

United States

Governor Signs ‘Power NJ Act’ to Boost Advanced Nuclear Energy

Gov. Mikie Sherrill on July 13 signed bipartisan legislation creating an advanced nuclear energy procurement program aimed at meeting New Jersey’s future energ…

France

PNE Group Wins French Tender for 22 MW Oinville-Saint-Liphard Wind Farm

PNE Group has secured a success in the latest French wind power tender, with its Oinville-Saint-Liphard wind farm selected among 39 awarded projects.The tender,…

Poland

Orlen Termika Secures PLN 144 Million Loan for Biomass Boiler Project

Polish cogeneration company Orlen Termika, part of the Orlen Group, has secured a PLN 144 million (USD 38 million/EUR 33.5 million) preferential loan to support…

China

CATL & CarbonScape Strike Deal on 'Biographite' EV Batteries

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world’s largest electric-vehicle and energy-storage battery manufacturer, has taken a strategic stake in N…

Switzerland

Metacon Secures Up to SEK 111 Million in Klimatklivet Support for Green Hydrogen Plant in Uppsala

Metacon AB has been granted up to SEK 111 million in climate investment support from Klimatklivet to build a 10 MW electrolysis plant in Uppsala, Sweden, for lo…

United States

Commonwealth Fusion Joins UK Program to Demonstrate Fusion Fuel Production

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a U.S.-based company working to generate electricity by replicating the process that powers stars, said on July 1 that it is joinin…

United States

New York governor announces completion of Smart Path Connect grid project

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on June 22 the ​completion of the 100-mile Smart ‌Path Connect transmission project, a major grid upgrade expecte…

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…