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

Programs Overview

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…

Venezuela

Venezuela, IMPSA sign agreement for large hydroelectric project, government says

Venezuela and energy firm IMPSA have signed an agreement to complete ​the development of major hydroelectric project Tocoma ‌in the country's southern reg…

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…

Malaysia

Weng Yat To Supply Biomass To Japan, Targets RM60 Mil Annual Revenue

MALAYSIAN biomass producer Weng Yat Resources Sdn Bhd has sealed a deal to build a biomass supply platform for Japan with more than RM60 mil in the annual reven…

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…

United States

Green Service Insulation Expands Residential Insulation Services Across South Florida to Help Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs

Green Service Insulation, a leading insulation solutions provider based in Hollywood, Florida, announced on June 10 the expansion of its residential insulation …

United States

Voltus Acquires Brightfield AI to Accelerate Energy Storage Deployment

Voltus, Inc., the leading virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform, announced on June 10 its acquisition of Brightfield…

Portugal

Portugal Approves GreenH2Atlantic Hydrogen Project

The Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) has issued a conditional favourable opinion on the GreenH2Atlantic hydrogen project in Sines, in the region of Set&uacut…