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

Programs Overview

China

First Taipingling unit enters commercial operation

On 19 April, unit 1 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of six Hualo…

Congo

Rosatom, Congo working on project to build 2 small HHPs with total capacity of 2.6 MW

Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Congolese government are working on a pilot project to build two small modular hydroelectric power…

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 …

Spain

GE Vernova to supply workhorse wind turbines for Santa Maria de las Fuentes Wind Farm in Spain

GE Vernova announced on April 20 that it has signed an agreement to provide 15 of its 6.1 MW-158m workhorse wind turbines to power the Santa Maria de las Fuente…

United States

USA Rare Earth buys Brazil's Serra Verde for $2.8 billion

USA Rare Earth said on April 20 it will buy Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde in a ‌cash-and-stock deal worth $2.8 billion, the latest in a string of…

Indonesia

Italy's Eni makes major Indonesian offshore gas discovery

20 April – Eni announces a new giant gas discovery made by the Geliga‑1 exploration well, drilled in the Ganal block in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia, a…

Design efficiency up 70%: Digital platform transforms lighting project delivery, says industry innovator Chen Donghong

Lighting design has long been slowed by disjointed software, repeated modeling, and inconsistent on-site results. Now a fully integrated digital platform develo…

United States

Santa Fe County officials approve massive solar array near Stanley

One of the largest solar and battery energy storage developments proposed in New Mexico has won approval from the Santa Fe County Planning Commission.Thursday n…

Australia

Amazon signs first solar-plus-storage PPAs in Australia to power AI expansion

Tech giant Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Australia totalling 430MW, with eight projects featuring solar gen…

Colombia

Colombia announces renewable energy auction

Colombian Energy ​Minister Edwin Palma on April 15 announced an upcoming renewable ‌energy auction, saying that he would travel to the United States next …

United States

Nuclear reactor developer X‑Energy targets $7.5 billion valuation in US IPO

Amazon-backed X-Energy is targeting a valuation of up to $7.51 billion in its initial public offering ​in the United States, the nuclear reactor developer said…

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…

Hydrogen Storage

Rostec plans to build hydrogen production facilities, fueling stations along roads between Russia, China

April 15, Rostec in cooperation with Chinese investors is preparing to implement a "cross-border hydrogen corridor" project, involving the construction of facil…

China

BYD notches up 100,000th delivery of electric and hybrid cars in Australia

Chinese car maker BYD has announced it will bring an extra 30,000 new energy vehicles – both full battery electric and plug in hybrids – to Australi…