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Newsletter November 2020

COVER STORY

E.DSO The New Utility Member of GSEF

We are pleased to announce the joining of European Distribution System Operators E.DSO as the Utility Member of GSEF. E.DSO is the key-interface between the leading electricity distribution system operators (DSOs) and the European institutions and stakeholders. E.DSO promotes the developmen...

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

Polish Energy Company Secures EBRD Funding to Decarbonize Grid

Hyundai Plans to Launch 10 new Hybrid, PHEV and Electric Vehicle...

McDonald’s Installs 200 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Throu...

Smart Metering to Dominate South Asia’s $25.9 Bill...

World's Largest Renewable Energy Project Proposed for North-West ...

Nigerian government begins automation of power network, complete...

AI and Video Analytics Are Ensuring Security in Energy, Oil &...

Offshore blade maintenance robot wins major backing from GE

'Blockchain for Energy’ consortium (re)launched

Andhra Pradesh to launch IoT project in MSMEs for energy efficiency

E-Newsletter
November 2020

Content

COVER STORY

E.DSO The New Utility Member of GSEF

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

MEMBER UPDATE

SMART GRID EDITORIAL

UPCOMING EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

MEMBER UPDATE

Tokyo “Beyond-Zero” Week Held - All Energy Sources, Technologies and Pathways to Decarbonization

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) hosted “Tokyo ‘Beyond-Zero’ Week” which composed of Six conferences from October 7 to 14, 2020. Each conference offered a forum for high-level discussions about the key innovations required to build a glob...

Micro-grids, A Solution to the Electrification of Isolated Areas?

The development of micro-grids is a major challenge in providing universal access to low carbon energy. Think Smartgrids recently organized a webinar on Microgrids and the Challenges of their replicability, in partnership with the French Energy Regulatory Commission ‘Commission de Régul...

GMI Insights into a Transformation Report Release

GridWise Alliance report highlights utility best practices and guiding principles for the next decade of progress The primary objective of the Grid Modernization Index (GMI) is to continue to serve as a comprehensive resource f...

GSEF SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Coal Power Flexibility

Recently I have been partaking in several global stakeholder discussions on the subject of making coal power plants flexible. At the India Smart Utility Week (ISUW) 2020, I was asked to moderate such a panel discussion with speakers from India, EU and North America. I must acknowledge, good progress has been made with many field validations in Germany, USA and India. For India, flexible coal power operation is vital, given its ambitious RE targets (100 GW solar; 60GW wind) by 2023, on a total system peak of about 185 GW (2019). Even though the ...

SGN and SPEN, two of the main gas and electricity distributors in Scotland, have commissioned Artelys and E4Tech to study the potential of power-to-hydrogen at horizon 2040 in the East Neuk coastal region of Scotland. The study aims at evaluating the quantity and costs of hydrogen that could be available in the area, its potential local uses, the hydrogen storage needs, the interlinked management of hydrogen and electricity systems, and the regulatory, legislative and market barriers to overcome for large-scale deployment of hydrogen. Link ...

The interview with Tenaga Nasional Bhd CEO Amir Hamzah Azizan last Wednesday was delayed for about an hour as his office had requested for it to be done after the special announcement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin at 2.30pm. It is understandable that Amir would want to keep abreast of the public policy direction. Operating in a highly regulated business, Tenaga’s strategies will be affected by any change in government policy. Despite the change in government in February, Amir has been steadfastly implementing t...