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Newsletter May 2022

COVER STORY

The European Parliament approves the end of Thermal Cars in 2035

The European Commission and the Parliament have agreed that only "zero-emission" vehicles can be sold as new cars in 2035. However, many challenges and disagreements remain to be overcome before then. On 8 June 2022, the European Parliament approved, by 339 votes to 249 (with 24 abs...

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

Gridspertise’s Advanced Digital Solutions for a Smart and Resili...

Toronto to Install 32 on-street EV Charging Stations by End of 2022

UK-Malaysia Climate Ties Strengthened with New Climate Partnership

First-of-its-Kind BESS in Sub-Saharan Africa Commissioned in Malawi

Ingeteam Provides Four-Hour BESS for World’s Biggest Operational...

CESC Commissions First Microgrid with Floating Solar & BESS

CIP to Build Green Hydrogen Island

Underwater Drone Conducts First Autonomous Inspection of Wind Farm Fou...

Manchester Experts are Designing AI-Powered Machines Tough Enough to W...

Blockchain Customization Coming for the Energy Sector

E-Newsletter
May 2022

Content

COVER STORY

The European Parliament approves the end of Thermal Cars in 2035

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

MEMBER UPDATE

SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Impact of Last-Mile Power Factor

UPCOMING EVENTS

MEMBER UPDATE

PLN Group Together with IBC Starts Development of Battery Energy Storage System

Jakarta, March 17, 2022 – PT PLN (Persero) and its subsidiaries collaborated with the Indonesia Battery Corporation (IBC) to build a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a capacity of 5 Megawatts (MW) this year. This program is a follow-up to IBC's work plan to start a storage battery...

Community Energy Solution Through Microgrids in South Africa

A wonderful Microgrid Pilot Project has been demonstrated in Ficksburg, in Free State Province where 25 homes are connected to Solar Microgrids. It has shown the reliability of these plants. The transition to a greener future is the need of the hour. The Microgrid project helps in social u...

GSEF SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Impact of Last-Mile Power Factor

In the January/February, March and April 2022 GSEF Newsletters, I wrote about the changing facets of power systems reliability/resiliency, grid inertia and reactive power issues in a world of high renewable energy penetration. This month, I examine the changes in last-mile power factor (residential and small commercial) due to electronically controlled appliances. This article explains the nuances. As explained in my last article, the concept of reactive power in AC systems is confusing to many people. The notion that the...

UPCOMING SMART GRID EVENTS

Electrification 2022 International Conference & Exposition

28th -30th June 2022, Charlotte, North Carolina https://www.electrification2022.com/

WHEC 2022: 23rd World Hydrogen Energy Conference

26th -30th June 2022 Istanbul, Turkey https://whecistanbul.org/

6th International Conference on Energy Research and Technology (ICERT’22)

3rd – 5th August 2022 , Prague, Czech Republic https://icertseries.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA6IHwBRCJARIsALNjViV306o5KZLvghTI6ndh47uSll-Cp89B0SCq2oHSxksIViwXcMLsP7IaAjlDEALw_wcB

CIGRE Session

28th August -02nd September, 2022, Paris https://session.cigre.org/

Mena Grid Evolution Summit

14th -15th September 2022, Dubai https://www.nispana.com/ges/

Enlit Asia 2022

20th -22nd September, 2022, Thailand https://www.enlit-asia.com/live-event/

IEC 61850 Week 2022

17th-21st October, Cardiff UK https://www.smartgrid-forums.com/iec-61850-week

15th Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW)

25th -28th October, 2022 https://www.siew.gov.sg/

Future of the Grid

Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore 26 – 27 October 2022 https://bit.ly/3HjmDde