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

Programs Overview

India

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Indian nuclear plant

The 320-tonne vessel which will house the core of unit 5 at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India was lifted by crane into place in a precision operation …

United States

Georgia nuclear power plant cleared for 80-year operating life

The two boiling water reactor units at Georgia Power's Edwin I Hatch plant have been cleared by the regulator to operate until the mid-2050s.(Image: Southern Nu…

Italy

Octopus to install 99-MW Italian battery with ZE Energy

Renewables investor Octopus Energy Generation has teamed up with French solar-plus-storage specialist ZE Energy to build a 98.5-MW/895-MWh battery project in It…

Japan

Amogy, KOWA partner to deploy ammonia-based hydrogen supply solutions in Japan

On June 16, 2026, Amogy, a provider of ammonia-to-hydrogen and ammonia-to-power solutions, and KOWA Company, Ltd. announced a partnership to bring ammonia crack…

Venezuela

Venezuela, GE Vernova sign cooperation agreement on power supply

Venezuela's government and electricity supply company GE Vernova signed ​a memorandum of understanding on June 15.Interim ⁠President Delcy Rodriguez said …

China

270-tonne Containment Dome Lifted into Place at China's Ningde 5 Nuclear Unit

China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has completed the installation of the 270-tonne containment building outer dome at its Ningde Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5…

United States

Meta signs solar power deals for five Arkansas projects, including Cherry Valley site

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has reached agreements to buy solar power from five facilities in Arkansas. One of those is in Cross County.Cherry Valley …

Offshore Wind Power

UK and Japan Sign Offshore Wind Compact to Unlock £9 Billion in Japanese Investment

The UK and Japan have agreed an Offshore Wind Compact that will facilitate up to £9 billion (approximately USD 21.1 billion) of Japanese investment in UK …

China

Chinese Scientists Achieve Mass Production of High-Purity Silicon-28 Isotope for Quantum Computing

Engineers at the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering of Nuclear Industry, a Tianjin-based subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), …

Brazil

Brazil's Vale plans to invest $2.6 billion in decarbonization initiatives

Brazilian miner Vale plans to invest up to 13 billion reais ($2.56 billion) in ​decarbonization initiatives to meet its voluntary emissions reduction ‌targets…

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…

Oil & Gas Trade

S. Korea, Saudi Arabia sign agreement on crude oil, gas cooperation

South Korea and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to seek cooperation in the energy resources industry, including crude oil and natural gas, amid recent vol…

China

China's top coal region to expand coal-to-oil output in energy security push

China’s top coal-producing region plans to build the country’s largest base for turning coal into oil, gas and chemicals to help ​reduce reliance o…

South Africa

Mulilo reaches financial close on BESS project in South Africa

Mulilo has reached financial close on the Hartebeesfontein battery energy storage system (BESS) project, a 77 MW/308 MWh facility located near Klerksdorp in the…