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Newsletter January 2025

COVER STORY

MESSAGE BY GSEF CHAIRMAN- REJI KUMAR PILLAI

Dear Friends: Warm Greetings from India and welcome to 2025 ?? Global Smart Energy Federation Newsletter, a monthly publication we began in 2019, has completed 7 years. Unlike traditional newsletters that begin with a message from the President or Chairman, we had deliberately chos...

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

KERALA AWARDED INR 34.8 CRORE FUNDING FOR GREEN HYDROGEN PILOT ...

UZBEKISTAN’S NEGU TO INVEST USD 259 MILLION IN GRID IN 2025

DOE ANNOUNCES ROADMAP AND $18 MILLION INVESTMENT TO IMPROVE CLE...

KYRGYZSTAN TO BUILD SUBSTATIONS FOR ELECTRICITY EXPORT TO CHINA

DEWA LAUNCHES $1.9 BILLION SMART GRID INITIATIVE TO BOOS...

INDIA’S RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADERSHIP OFFERS GLOBAL LESSONS

AI-Driven Smart Grid Patents Surge as China Overtakes EU in Innovation

OPENAI UNVEILS ‘DEEP RESEARCH’ AI FOR ADVANCED KN...

DOE INVESTS $32 MILLION FOR GRID-EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND SMART CHAR...

GLOBAL GRID DIGITALIZATION INVESTMENT TO HIT US$150 BILLION BY ...

E-Newsletter
January 2025

Content

COVER STORY

MESSAGE BY GSEF CHAIRMAN- REJI KUMAR PILLAI

GLOBAL STORIES ON SMART GRID

MEMBER UPDATE

SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Not Comprehending Subtraction To Improve Efficiency

UPCOMING EVENTS

MEMBER UPDATE

ENTSO-E CONFIRMS SUCCESSFUL SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE CONTINENTAL EUROPEAN ELECTRICITY SYSTEM WITH THE SYSTEMS OF THE BALTIC COUNTRIES

ENTSO-E announces the successful synchronization of the electricity systems of the Baltic states with the electricity system of Continental Europe. This historic event is a key milestone for the Baltic States and for Europe strengthening the energy resilience and independence across the region. This...

AREC, AMERICAN SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE FOUNDATION SIGN MOU TO ENHANCE INNOVATION

The Arab Renewable Energy Commission (AREC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the American Solar Car Challenge Foundation to enhance innovative activities aimed at advancing vocational education in the Arab world. This initiative also seeks to contribute to sustainable develop...

AFRICAN COUNTRIES URGED TO IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE ENERGY MIX TO SAVE NETWORKS FROM COLLAPSING

Abel Didier Tella, the Director General of the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA), says African countries should implement an inclusive energy mix to protect their networks from collapsing when they lose their main sources of energy. African countries should implement an inclusive en...

GSEF SMART GRID EDITORIAL

Not Comprehending Subtraction To Improve Efficiency

Some of my first learnings on human biases in comprehension began with the challenges in formulating energy efficiency programs. After 25 years, it is still true today. From design to roll-out, comprehending “less is efficient”, does not ring well with most people (consumers and policy makers alike). It gets noticed only when a big news event shakes everybody up. The recent news about China’s launch of DeepSeek R1 Open AI models at a fraction of the cost of ChatGPT, is a classic display of how efficiency pa...

UPCOMING SMART GRID EVENTS

World Sustainable Energy Days 2025

World Sustainable Energy Days 2025, WELS/AUSTRIA 5 - 7 March 2025 https://bit.ly/3CdC6xc

India Smart Utility Week 2025

India Smart Utility Week 2025, New Delhi, India 18 th -21 st March 2025 www.isuw.in

DISTRIBUTECH 2025

DISTRIBUTECH 2025, Dallas, Texas 24 th -27 th March, 2025 https://www.distributech.com/

Middle East Energy

Middle East Energy 07 th -9 th April, 2025 Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE @ United Arab Emirates https://www.middleeast-energy.com/en/home.html

Energy Technology Summit 2025

Energy Technology Summit 2025, Bilbao/Spain 9 - 10 April 2025 https://energytechsummit.com/

ICCI 2025 – 29th International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference

ICCI 2025 – 29th International Energy and Environment Fair and Conference, Istanbul/Turkey 24 - 26 April 2025 https://icci.com.tr/

ENTECH Energy Fair and Congress

ENTECH Energy Fair and Congress Ankara/Turkey 30 April - 3 May 2025 https://cnrenerjifuari.com/

The 49th IPA Convention & Exhibition 202

The 49th IPA Convention & Exhibition 202, Indonesia 20 th -22 nd May 2025 https://convex.ipa.or.id/

World Utility Congress

World Utility Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE 27th -29th May, 2025 https://www.worldutilitiescongress.com/

Clean Asia Energy Forum

Clean Asia Energy Forum, Manila, Phillppines 2 nd -6 th June, 2025 https://Asiacleanenergyforum.adb.org/

Euroelectric 2025 Power Summit

Euroelectric 2025 Power Summit, Brussels, Belgium 3 rd -4 th June 2025 www.eurelectric.org/events/power-summit-2025/

17th Latin American Smart Grid Forum

17th Latin American Smart Grid Forum Sao Paulo, Brazil 4th -5th August 2025 www.smartgrid.com.br/eng

Clean Energy Ministerial

Clean Energy Ministerial, Busan, Korea 7th -29th August, 2025 https://www.cleanenergyministerial.org/

Innovation For Cool Earth Forum

Innovation For Cool Earth Forum, Tokyo 07 th -08 th October, 2025 https://www.icef.go.in

Enlit Europe

Enlit Europe, Bilbao, Spain 18 th -20 th November 2025 https://www.enlit-europe.com