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

Programs Overview

Japan

Renova Temporarily Suspends Operations at Tokushima Tsuda Biomass Plant

Japan-based Renova Inc. announced on July 21 that operations at its 74.8-megawatt Tokushima Tsuda Biomass Power Plant have been temporarily suspended for repair…

Spain

Ford and Geely Reach Deal for EV Production at Spanish Plant

Ford Motor and China’s Geely have reached a landmark agreement on July 22 under which the U.S. automaker will sell part of its Almussafes plant near Valencia, …

United States

XGS Energy Names New Senior Leaders to Scale Geothermal Development

XGS Energy, Inc., a developer of next-generation geothermal power systems, announced the appointment of two senior executives, naming Al Vickers as Chief Operat…

Romania

Aukera Secures €48.5 Million IFC Financing for Romania Battery Storage Project

Aukera, a pan-European battery storage and renewable energy platform backed by AtlasInvest, Reggeborgh and SFPIM, has reached financial close on a €48.5 mi…

United States

ESS Tech Signs LOI With Juniper Energy for 500 MWh Sodium-Ion Battery Deployment

ESS Tech, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with Juniper Energy LLC to deploy 500 MWh or more of sodium-ion battery energy storage systems, the company announc…

South Korea

Hyundai Motor Group Opens First Integrated Waste-to-Hydrogen Facility in Cheongju

Hyundai Motor Group has opened HTWO ENERGY Cheongju, its first Group-operated integrated waste-to-hydrogen production and refueling facility, establishing a loc…

Power Construction

Egypt Secures $391 Million Grid Investment to Support Renewable Energy Projects

Egypt has secured a $391 million investment from an Egyptian-Emirati consortium to strengthen its electricity transmission infrastructure and connect renewable …

United States

Trump Administration Plans Nuclear Cooperation Deal With Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration plans to announce on July 22 that it has reached a broad nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said, a deal t…

Australia

Envision Energy Receives Notice to Proceed for 179MW Narrogin Wind Farm in Western Australia

Envision Energy has received a Notice to Proceed from Neoen for the turbine supply and installation package of the 179MW Narrogin Wind Farm in Western Australia…

United States

Xcel Energy Completes Sherco Solar Phase 3 in Minnesota

July 21, 2026 — Xcel Energy has completed Sherco Solar Phase 3, marking a major step in the company’s effort to transform a retiring coal plant site into…

Gas power plant

Alliant Energy Seeks Air Permit for Morgan Valley Natural Gas Plant Amid Air Quality Concerns

Alliant Energy has submitted a 309-page air quality permit application for its proposed Morgan Valley Natural Gas power plant in Linn County near the Benton Cou…

Pakistan

KP Completes Two Mini-Micro Hydropower Projects in Upper Dir

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed two mini-micro hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 342 kilowatts in Upper Dir district, providing lo…

United Kingdom

Bank of England to Bar Thermal Coal-Linked Bonds from Key Lending Operations

The Bank of England will stop accepting bonds linked to thermal coal as collateral for key lending arrangements from October, in a move welcomed by climate camp…

Morocco

ECOWAS States Sign Agreement Backing Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic Gas Pipeline

July 20 — Member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signed an intergovernmental agreement on Sunday in Freetown supporting the Ni…