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

Programs Overview

India

India Unveils Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035

India's solar power capacity is expected to quadruple over the next ​decade, while wind energy capacity could triple, according ‌to a report published…

Japan

US, Japan announce $40B nuclear power project

The United States and Japan announced Thursday a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, after a meeting of the two countries’ …

Australia

Australia’s New South Wales state to prohibit new coal mines

Australia’s second-largest coal-producing state, New South Wales (NSW), will prohibit new applications for fossil fuel mines as part of efforts to reduce emiss…

South Korea

Hyundai supplies Xcient fuel cell trucks for Uruguay zero-emission logistics project

March 20th - Hyundai Motor Company announced on Friday that it has provided eight Xcient hydrogen fuel cell trucks to an environmental logistics project in Urug…

Energy Storage System

Egypt to build 5.62 GW of green energy and storage capacity

Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly attended a signing ceremony for agreements on the construction of renewable energy facilities and electricity storage s…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan launches construction of largest wind power plant in its south

Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Region hosted a capsule-laying ceremony at the construction site of the future Mirny wind power plant, Qazinform News Agency reports, citin…

United States

Uber and Rivian Partner to Deploy up to 50,000 Fully Autonomous Robotaxis

2026年3月19日——Rivian Automotive和Uber Technologies宣布建立合作伙伴关系，以加速两家公司各自的自动驾驶汽车计划。双方计划在R2自动驾驶出租车部署的第一阶段投放1万辆…

Gas Pipeline

Turkmenistan, CNPC Hold Talks on TAPI Pipeline's Key Segment

During a meeting with CNPC Board Chairman Dai Houliang in Beijing, Turkmen National Leader and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov confirme…

United States

Google Inks Deals with Five US Utilities to Cut Data Center Power Use at Peak Demand

Google said on Thursday it has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities across states from Arkansas to Minnesota to reduce its electricity consumptio…

Russian

Russia expects to build nuclear power station on Moon within 5-7 years

Russia may develop a nuclear power station on the Moon within the next five to seven years, Mikhail Kovalchuk, president of Russia's Kurchatov Institute, sa…

Estonia

Estonia moves toward nuclear energy with draft law

The Estonian government on Thursday endorsed a draft Nuclear Energy and Safety Act and forwarded it to the Riigikogu, the national parliament, for deliberation.…

United Kingdom

UK Approves Hunterston B Nuclear Plant Relicensing for Decommissioning

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has officially approved the relicensing of the Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, tr…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan updates on nuclear energy, uranium plans

An intergovernmental agreement with Russia on the construction of the Balkash Nuclear Power Plant, and the signing of an EPC contract, are among priorities set …

United States

Fervo secures $421 million financing to support Cape Station geothermal development

Geothermal energy project developer Fervo Energy announced that it has secured $421 million in financing to fund the construction costs of the first phase of it…