Finance & Investment
ADB increases financial aid for Maldives’ renewables project
The ADB is increasing its financial aid to support the Maldives in securing its energy supply, modernise the grid, and decarbonise its generation network.
Smart Grid
Siemens Energy commissions substation for Vietnamese solar plant
The substation consists of 500kV power transformers, circuit breakers, instrument transformers, coils and distribution transformers.
Asia
Enlit Asia webinar series: Powering Thailand’s energy transition
Speakers will highlight the direction of travel for Thailand’s national utility as it approaches a period of significant transformation.
Press Releases
Adani Renewables adopts AWS’ microservices architecture for transformer health analytics
Adani Group is a diversified organisation in India with combined revenue of $15 billion comprising 6 publicly traded companies
New technology
Hydrogen powered drone demonstrated in gas pipeline monitoring in Jeju
The South Korean Jeju Island provincial government has completed test flights with a hydrogen fuel cell powered drone.
Storage
First utility-scale energy storage deployed in Singapore
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) is leading advances in innovation and development of energy storage in the island state.
Finance & Investment
Sustainable energy for all gets boost with $1 billion Rockefeller Foundation...
The Rockefeller Foundation aims to catalyse a ‘green recovery’ with support for sustainable energy in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Cybersecurity
IOTA Foundation joins Japan’s critical infrastructure AI-cybersecurity project
IOTA Foundation is partnering with NEDO on a project to improve the security of critical infrastructure using AI solutions.
Smart Grid
Smart metering to dominate South Asia’s $25.9 billion smart grid market
Smart metering will account for the majority of investment but grid automation and battery storage will also see significant development.
Event News
AfDB and Africa Energy Forum launch “African Utility of the Future”...
The AfDB and EnergyNe have created the ‘African Utility of Future’ competition enabling teams to compete for a $5,000 prize.
