Grid

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

Programs Overview

United States

GM to offer EV owners ability to sell power to US electricity grid

General Motors is releasing a software update that allows some U.S. electric-vehicle owners ​to pipe power back to the electric grid, another example ‌of …

United States

The Geysers Geothermal Complex Completes 25-Megawatt Expansion Project, Strengthening California Grid Reliability

Calpine, a business unit of Constellation, has announced the completion of a 25-megawatt (MW) expansion project at The Geysers geothermal complex located in Son…

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 …

Vietnam

Heatwave strain on Vietnam power grid could worsen, industry ministry says

A heatwave gripping Vietnam has already placed immense pressure on the national power grid, the country’s industry ministry said, adding that the problem …

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 …

Turkey

Terms of electricity transit from Azerbaijan to Turkey through Georgia to come into force in 2027

The terms of transit of electricity from Azerbaijan through Georgia will come into force on January 1, 2027, according to a statement from the Georgian State El…

Canada

Canada plans to double capacity of electricity grid by 2050

Canada on May 14 unveiled a C$1 trillion ($729 billion) strategy to double ​the capacity of its electricity grid by 2050, citing ‌rapidly increasing power…

Latvia

Latvia greenlights €5m biomethane grid project

The Latvian government has approved proposals by the Ministry of Climate and Energy for the construction of two new biomethane injection points at a cost of &eu…

Switzerland

ABB to invest $200 million in medium-voltage equipment production in Europe

ABB will invest about $200 million to expand production of medium-voltage grid equipment in Europe to meet ​rising power demand from data centres, electric car…

Spain

Spain and Ireland are set to assess viability of undersea power link

Spain and Ireland's energy ministers will sign a preliminary agreement on April 21 on ​assessing the viability of an undersea power link ‌between the …

Afghanistan

CASA-1000 power transmission project to launch in summer 2027 after work completed in Afghanistan

Work in Afghanistan on infrastructure to connect to the CASA-1000 Central Asia - South Asia regional power transmission project will be completed in the spring …

South Korea

Hyundai Electric builds Korea’s largest eco-friendly transformer

The HD Hyundai subsidiary said on April 16 the accomplished product will head to a substation in the United Kingdom operated by National Grid, a local utility c…

South Korea

Hitachi Energy, Samsung C&T sign grid MoU

Hitachi Energy and Samsung C&T have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand collaboration on high-voltage alternating current grid infrastructure worldwi…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan ratifies green energy transmission deal with Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan

April 9 ,The Senate or the upper chamber of Kazakhstan's parliament passed a law ratifying a strategic partnership agreement on the production and transmiss…