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Newsletter August, 2021

COVER STORY

From a Coal-to-Gas Conversion to a Microgrid Factory, Eskom builds Komati’s just Energy Transaction Case

State-owned electricity utility Eskom is hoping to transform the workshops at the Komati power station – identified as the flagship site for the piloting of a broader ‘just energy transition’ programme that couples decarbonisation with social upliftment – into a factory capab...

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

Chicago Consortium Forges Smart City Agreement with Lighting and Pole ...

Village School in Malawi Receives Solar+Storage Microgrid

Wärtsilä to supply Energy Storage System in Taiwan

Australian Firm Partners with JSW Energy on Green Hydrogen Projects in...

African Development Bank Group’s grant kicks off Desert-to-Power...

EU-ABC urges ASEAN to expedite Energy Transition

DOE uses Firmware Machine Learning to bolster Electric Grid Cybersecur...

Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Energy Cons...

World’s Largest Offshore Floating Wind Farm is Now Complete in ...

IRENA and ESA agree to use space assets for Global Energy Transition

E-Newsletter
August, 2021

Content

COVER STORY

From a Coal-to-Gas Conversion to a Microgrid Factory, Eskom builds Komati’s just Energy Transaction Case

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

MEMBER UPDATE

SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Asset Depreciation: A Regulatory Conundrum?

UPCOMING EVENTS

International Events

MEMBER UPDATE

NEDO TO HOST SMART COMMUNITY SUMMIT 2021 IN COLLABORATION WITH JAPAN SMART COMMUNITY ALLIANCE

Smart Community Summit 2021 is being organized this year to disseminate the latest international trends, projects results and future directions regarding smart communities. The theme of the event is "Power System Flexibility to Support Integration of Large-Scale Renewable Energy". ...

BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ACHIEVES GBCI’S PEER PLATINUM RATING

Transforming towards Sustainable Infrastructure Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB/BLR Airport), has the unique distinction of being the first Greenfield Airport in India, established on a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. KIAB is one of the fastest growing airports in the w...

GSEF SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Asset Depreciation: A Regulatory Conundrum?

The concept of depreciation is very old (since the 1800’s). The Tiffany’s Digest of Depreciations, 1890 edition noted, “the book …will prove of great value and assistance in determining the rates of depreciation on a basis that will not only be equitable as between the Insurer and the Insured, but also prove of assistance to Architects, Builders, Machinists and Contractors in their calculations.” So, depreciation was used for determining (1) the insured value during their useful life and (2) residual value fo...