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

Programs Overview

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 ‌tar…

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…

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…

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 …

Turkey

Dummy Fuel Assemblies Loading Operation Completed at Akkuyu NPP Unit 1

June 09, 2026 – Dummy fuel assemblies loading operation into the reactor vessel of Unit 1 of Akkuyu NPP (under construction by Rosatom State Corporation) …

China

Failure Rate Dropped from Industry Average 18% to 0.3%: Zhang Ying Reshapes Industrial Measurement Reliability Standards with Ultra-High-Temperature Molten Salt Measurement Technology

In the industrial measurement and control and energy equipment sector, long-standing pain points—including measurement instability under ultra-high-temperature…

Egypt

Alcazar Energy secures $420m deal to manage Egypt’s Gabal El Zeit wind farm

Egypt signed investment, operation, and power purchase agreements worth $420m with Alcazar Energy for the 580-megawatt (MW) Gabal El Zeit wind power plant, the …