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

Programs Overview

OPEC+ to make small oil output quota hike for July

Seven ​OPEC+ countries ⁠will ​raise oil ​output targets by ​188,000 ​barrels per day ‌in ⁠July, OPEC said ​in ​a ⁠statement after ​a ​meeting ⁠on …

Japan

Chubu Electric to procure credits from 7-MW biomass-fired plant in Japan

Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co Inc has inked an off-site virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Enshu Forest Energy LLC to procure environmental credits f…

United Kingdom

ITM, Protium to collaborate on UK hydrogen projects starting with 15 MW

UK electrolyser maker ITM Power Plc has formed a strategic partnership with compatriot green hydrogen company Protium Green Solutions Ltd to develop, invest in …

United States

Google, Voltus partner on US power grid project

Google and Voltus announced a three-year agreement to unlock up to 100 megawatts (MW) of new electricity capacity from flexible distributed energy resources in …

India

Coal India's May Output Falls 4.1%

Coal India Ltd., the world's largest coal miner, reported a decline in production for May 2026, signaling a shift in the country's energy landscape as i…

United States

SEG Solar announces third US solar panel factory in Texas

U.S. solar panel maker SEG Solar on ​June 1 announced plans for a third ‌major factory in Texas to serve demand for American-made clean energy ​equipment…

LNG

BP sells 5% stake in Australian Browse LNG project to South Korea's GS Energy

BP on June 1 said it agreed to sell 5% of its stake in the Browse liquefied natural ​gas project in Western Australia to South Korea's GS Energy.The sale l…

Offshore Wind Power

GE Vernova loses renewed bid to end work on New England wind farm

A Massachusetts judge ​on June 1 declined to lift an order that forced turbine supplier GE Vernova to continue ‌work on the largest offshore wind farm in …

United Kingdom

UK's Drax to buy Bluefield Solar Income Fund in $755 million deal

British power group Drax said on June 1 it had ‌agreed to buy Bluefield Solar Income Fund in a deal that values the renewable energy-focused investment ⁠c…

South Korea

NK Tech Wins Order for Daejeon Hydrogen Tram Charging Infrastructure

On June 1, NK Tech officially announced that it has been selected as the final contractor for the "Daejeon Metropolitan City Hydrogen Tram Charging Infrastructu…

United States

LG Energy Solution Signs $1.6 Billion ESS Supply Deal With DTE Energy

LG Energy Solution said on May 28 that it signed a large-scale energy storage system (ESS) battery supply agreement with DTE Energy, the largest energy company …

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan and Russia sign deal to finance 1st nuclear power plant

Kazakhstan and Russia have signed an agreement on the main principles and conditions for cooperation to build the country's first nuclear power plant, inclu…

United States

Microsoft taps Avangrid for 100 MW of solar in Washington

US utility Avangrid said on May 27 it has secured Microsoft Corp as the power off-taker of its 100-MWac/140-MWdc Bluebird solar project in Washington.The power …

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…