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Newsletter January 2021

COVER STORY

Chairman’s Message

Dear Friends: We all have survived an unusual and very difficult year and I take this opportunity to wish you all better days ahead! The way we work and live has dramatically changed in a short span of time. During the lockdown period, electric utilities, like all other organizations, quickly...

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

Wartsila and Fluence to Supply 1 GW of Grid-Scale Battery Storage to A...

Singapore Issues Tender to Set Up 600 Electric Vehicle Charging Statio...

Siemens Energy to build green hydrogen plant in Masdar City

EU to subsidise renewable energy to the tune of USD 23 million

New York to build nation's largest offshore wind program to bolst...

Kenya receives GRMF 14.5 million for geothermal energy in Barin...

At 300MW / 1,200 MWh, World’s Largest Battery St...

UK City of Nottingham Uses Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) and IoT to ...

E-Newsletter
January 2021

Content

COVER STORY

Chairman’s Message

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

MEMBER UPDATE

SMART GRID EDITORIAL

UPCOMING EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

MEMBER UPDATE

Flexibility of the power system: a key issue for a successful energy transition

The flexibility of the power system is difficult to define, as it has so many definitions and levers, from the producer to the end consumer. However, it is an essential tool for meeting the challenge of the energy transition, particularly for integrating a growing share of variable renewable energy ...

Gridwise Alliance’s Policy Update

WASHINGTON IN REVIEW – JANUARY 2021 Presidential Transition President Joe Biden takes immediate executive actions on climate change. On First day of his Presidency, Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders, including several dealing with climate change, an issue that he...

Green Growth Strategy towards 2050 Carbon Neutrality” Formulated

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) formulated a “Green Growth Strategy towards 2050 Carbon Neutrality” in collaboration with related ministries and agencies. This strategy is an industrial policy to lead the challenging goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, a visio...

Welcoming Botswana to GSEF

We are pleased to announce the joining of Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) as the Utility Member of GSEF Botswana Power Corporation is a state-owned entity created by Act of Parliament in 1970. BPC is responsible for generating, transmitting and distributing electricity within the country to area...

Reji Kumar Pillai Re-Elected As GSEF Chairman

Mr. Reji Kumar Pillai, President of India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) has been re-elected unanimously to serve the third term as Chairman Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF) until Nov 2022. Reji Kumar Pillai has been holding the position of Chairman of GSEF (formerly known as Global Smart Grid Federat...

GSEF SMART GRID EDITORIAL

EV Telematics: Third Party or OEM

The battle for data ownership and the competitive secrecy surrounding it, reminds me of an old comedy film titled “Yours, Mine and Ours”. While the context is completely different, this title applies to Smart Grid, Smart Cities and Smart Mobility industries today. The legal definition of data ownership masks the OEM’s obligatory responsibilities to its customers (whom it serves). In most cases the customer has to “fight” to seek all data gathered by the OEMs. The question is not whether the OEMs should determine th...

Eskom Containerised Microgrid

Figure 1: Ficksburg Rural Pilot Figure 2: Modular Containerised Microgrid D...

UPCOMING SMART GRID EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

Venue : Upcoming Events