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

Programs Overview

United States

Microsoft, Chevron and Engine No. 1 sign exclusive deal for power supply

Microsoft, Chevron, and investment fund Engine No. 1 announced an exclusivity agreement on March 31 aimed at collaborating on power generation and supply. The p…

Russian

Russia discovered new lithium reserves first time in more than two decades — Deputy PM

Russia discovered new reserves of lithium, an indispensable component of the high-tech industry, for the first time in more than twenty years in 2025, Deputy Pr…

United Kingdom

First Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Stands Complete

Heerema Marine Contractors, using its semi-submersible crane vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir, has completed the installation of the first of the two Hornsea 3 offshore c…

Zambia

Zambia signs PPA for 100 MW hybrid wind and solar project with private sector backing

Zambia has taken a significant step toward strengthening its energy security following thesigning of a power purchase agreement between DZGM Energy Resources an…

India

Premier Energies commissions 5.6 GW solar module plant in Telangana

Premier Energies Limited has commissioned a 5.6 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Seetharampur, Telangana, raising its total capacity to 11.1 GW as tria…

India

BHEL Secures Rs 13,500 Crore Contract for NTPC's Telangana Stage-II Power Project

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has been awarded a contract worth over Rs 13,500 crore (excluding GST) by NTPC Limited for the main plant package of the…

United Kingdom

Matrix Renewables partners with EDF to optimise flagship 500 MW BESS in Scotland

Matrix Renewables, the leading renewable energy company backed by TPG’s impact investing platform, has entered into a long-term battery optimisation agree…

France

TotalEnergies and EDF Group have signed an agreement on the supply of nuclear energy

French energy companies TotalEnergies SE and EDF Group (Électricité de France) have signed a partnership agreement for the supply of nuclear energ…

Kazakhstan

Construction Kicks Off on Kazakhstan’s 1-GW wind farm

Work on a 1-GW wind farm project has begun near Ekibastuz in the Pavlodar region.source: Kazakhstan Energy MinistryAccording to the Kazakh Ministry of Energy, t…

Philippines

Petron secures 2.5M barrels of Russian crude oil

THE Philippines’ sole oil refinery has secured nearly 2.5 million barrels of Russian crude out of extreme necessity, a stock exchange filing revealed on M…

Japan

MHI Innovative Combustion Dynamics Laboratory is Established at Kyoto University with the Aim of Developing and Socially Implementing World-Leading Technology

Mar 30, 2026- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Kyoto University will operate an industry-academic laboratory, MHI Innovative Combustion Dynamics Labo…

Isotopes

China's alpha isotope breakthrough to treat 1m cancer patients annually

The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS), a major national scientific facility in Dongguan, Guangdong province, has successfully achieved mass production of t…

Hydropower Plant

EU approves €144m state aid for French hydrogen plant

The European Commission has approved €144 million in French state aid to support HyforSeeds in producing renewable and low-carbon hydrogen for the fertilis…

India

Coal India bags Rs 1,057 crore battery storage project in Telangana

Coal India Limited (CIL) on March 29 announced that it has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for setting up a large battery energy storage project in Telangana, …