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October 2022

IN THIS ISSUE
Distribution Utility Meet 2022 ~ 6 Annual th
• Distribution Utility Meet 2022 ~ 6th.......................1
Conference of Power Distribution Utilities for Annual Conference of Power Distribution
Utilities for Collaborative Growth
Collaborative Growth
• GSEF Successfully Conducted a Virtual ...............4
Organiser Supported By Host Utilities Webinar on Artificial Intelligence and
Robotics in Power Sector on 03 November 2022

• ISGF and GSEF @ Enlit Europe 2022,....................5

Frankfurt | Stand No. 12.1.A162

• Join ISGF Online Training Programs .....................5

• Smart Grid Updates:

o Policy, Regulations & Standards....................6

17 - 18 November 2022 o Projects and Technology................................6
Taj Vivanta, Bhubaneswar Odisha
• Announcing India Smart Utility Week 2023.........12
www.dumindia.in [email protected]
• ISGF Innovation Awards 2023.............................12
ISGF is organizing Distribution Utility Meet (DUM) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha from 17 to
18 November 2022 with Host Utilities TPCODL and The Tata Power Company Limited.
The Co-host Utilities are TPNODL, TPSODL, TPWODL and Tata Power Delhi Distribution
Limited, BSES Yamuna Power Limited and BSES Rajdhani Power Limited. Over 40 of
the Indian Power Distribution Utilities (Discoms) will be participating in DUM 2022.
DUM 2022 is supported by NITI Aayog and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) with
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 Esteemed Speakers of DUM 2022
• Ajeet Kumar Saxena, MD, JVVNL, Rajasthan • Pedi Sumanto, Vice President, PLN, Indonesia
• Akhilesh Kumar Ambasht, Member, DERC • PK Pujari, Former Chairperson, CERC
• Alok Mishra, Buisness head – Asia Pacific, DNV • Prabhav Joshi, Managing Director, UGVCL
• Anand Menon, Advisor for Digital Energy and Strategy, • Prabir Neogi, Chief Advisor, RP-SG Group
Powerledger, Australia • Pramod Deo, Former Chairperson, CERC
• Anant Venkateswaran, ISGF • Pratap Keshari Deb, Honorable Minister of Energy, Odisha
• Anup Dutta, Director-Engineering, WBERC • Praveen Aswani, Regional Head - India Sub-Continent,
• Arun Goyal, Member, CERC Cuculus GmbH
• Arup Ghosh, Non-Executive Director - TPDDL, TPCODL, • Praveer Sinha, MD and CEO, Tata Power Company Ltd
TPNODL, TPSODL and TPWODL • Rahul Chandra, VP Business Development & Sales –
• Arvind Singh, CEO, TPSODL India, gridspertise (ENEL, Italy)
• Aseem Goyal, Head Business Development- India, • Rahul Tongia, Senior Fellow,CSEP
Tabreed • Rajan N Khobragade, CMD, KSEBL
• Ashutosh Sharma, DNV • Rajeev Chowdhary, Head - Regulatory Affairs, BRPL
• Debasish U Banerjee, MD, CESC Kolkata • Rajeev Sharma, DDG- Standardization, BIS
• Deepti Dutt, Head - Strategic Initiatives - Public Sector, • Rajesh Goel, Director-Technical, UHBVN
AWS
• Ramesh Prasad, Director-Technical, APEPDCL
• Dinesh Prasad Gairola, Member and Acting Chairman,
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission • Ravi Seethapathy, Advisor ISGF and Chairman, Biosirus
Inc., Canada
• Dinesh Waghmare, Principal Secretary - Energy,
Maharashtra • Reena Suri, Executive Director, ISGF
• Divyesh Kumar Sharma, Associate Director - Energy, RTI • RP Singh, Chairman - IIT Kharagpur and IIT -
India Bhubaneshwar; Advisor to Govt of Jammu & Kashmir;
and Former CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd
• Eman Prijono Wasito Adi, Executive Vice President, PLN,
Indonesia • RR Mehta, Advisor, Reliance Infrastructure
• Gajanan Kale, Managing Director, TPWODL • S P Kar, CGM, TPCODL
• Ghanshyam Prasad, Chairman, Central Electricity • Sainath Bandhakavi, AWS
Authority • Sanjay Banga, President – T&D, Tata Power Company Ltd
• Girish Ghatikar, ISGF Working Group Chair • Sanjay Dubey, Principal Secretary – Energy, Madhya
• Hamid Omar Alawl Al Ibrahim, GM-Planning and Assest Pradesh
Management, DISC, Oman • Satyendra Pandey, Member, GERC
• Himanshu Khurana, Director and Secretary (Addl. Charge), • Shenbagam Manthiram, CEO, TPCODCL
RERC
• SL Karwadiya, ED, MPPKVCL, Indore
• KR Jyotilal, Principal Secretary – Energy, Kerala
• SN Sahai, Director General, Power Foundation of India
• Manjappa, Director -Technical, CESCOM, Mysore and Former Secretary – Ministry of Power
• Manjeet Singh Rahi, Vice President, Pre-Sales & Client • Sumit Gupta, Cofounder and CEO, AssetPlus
Relations, Fluentgrid Limited
• Swetha Ravikumar, FSR Global
• Markus Wypior, Principal Advisor, GIZ
• Tiran Fernando, ISO Asset Management Technical
• MK Jain, Member, Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Committee
Commission
• V Krishnappa, Managing Director, PCKL, Karnataka
• Murali Shankar Gopalakrishnan, Vice President, Solutions
and Product Engineering, Fluentgrid Limited • Venkat Sreedhar, Sr Vice President, BRPL
• Nagarjuna, Director-Technical, BESCOM • Vimal Kumar, In Country Lead, MECS Program India
• Nikunja B Dhal, Principal Secretary - Energy, Govt of • Vish Ganti, Head of Product, Autogrid
Odisha • Vivek Goel, Chief Engineer Distribution, CEA
• Nilesh Kane, Head – Mumbai Distribution, Tata Power • Vivek Kumar Dewangan, CMD, REC
Company
And many more…………………….

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 DUM 2022 Program
Day 1: 17th November 2022 | 10:00 ~ 20:00 (IST) Day 2: 18th November 2022 | 09:30 ~ 18:00 (IST)

• 10.00 ~ 11.00 | Inaugural Session • 09:30 ~ 11:30 | Session 4: Model Asset Management
Guidelines for Indian DISCOMs (in Partnership with GIZ)
• 11:30 ~ 13:00 | Session 1: Energy Transition
Challenges To DISCOMs • 11:30 ~ 13:30 | Session 5: Climate Change Readiness of
Discoms
• 14:00 ~ 15:30 | Session 2: AMI Rollout Plans and
Challenges for DISCOMs • 14:30 ~ 16:00 | Session 6: Customer Expectations, Supply
Reliability and Service Delivery Challenges (In Partnership
• 15:30 ~ 17:00 | Session 3: New Electricity Act
with RTI, India)
Envisaging Separation of Carriage and Content and
Retail Competition • 16:00 ~ 17:30 | Session 7: New and Emerging Technologies
for Electric Utilities
• 17:30 ~ 19:30 | Special Plenary Session (With
Regulators and Policy Makers): Distribution Sector • 17:30 ~ 18:00 | Valedictory Session
Reforms – Recent Experiences and Challenges

Day 3: 19th November 2022 | Visit to Puri and Konark

Organiser

India Smart Grid Forum

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DUM 2022 17-18 November, 2022

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

WELCOME TO DUM 2022

Supported by Host Utilities Co-Host Utilities Utility Partner

NITI Aayog MINISTRY OF POWER

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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GSEF Successfully Conducted a Virtual Webinar on Artificial
Intelligence and Robotics in Power Sector on 03 November 2022

Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF) successfully conducted a virtual Webinar on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (AI & R) in
Power Sector on 3rd November 2022.

Topics of the webinar included Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Energy Forecasting, Advanced Analytics for Metering Billing and
Collection, Network Monitoring through Drones, Asset Management, Digital Twins and Metaverse, Quality Assurance and Solar Panel
Inspection, Land and Facility Survey through Robots etc.

Global experts shared their insights and knowledge on different applications of AI&R technologies in the power sector and explained them
with successful use cases.

Reji Kumar Pillai, Chairman Global Smart Energy Federation; Ravi Seethapathy, GSEF Ambassadors for Americas; Amit Kumar Pandey, Co-
Founder, being AI Limited and Head of the Working Group on AI & Robotics of GSEF; Nick Singh, Head of CoE for Smart Grids, ESKOM;
Laurent Schmitt, CEO, Dcbel Europe; Davide Coppola, Head of Space Application Initiatives, ESA Space Solutions; Sumit Gupta, CEO
AssetPlus, India; Jayanth Balaji, Application Engineer Mathworks; Thomas Lacroix, CTO CosmoTech were the expert presented at the
webinar.

The webinar highlighted the need to create empowered teams on AI&R technologies that could critically evaluate different solutions for
their business needs. Webinar promoted capacity building in the industry, academia, and amongst the student community to design and
implement AI&R solutions in utilities.

The webinar was a huge success and recorded an impressive 500+ registrations. It was concluded that Robotics, IoT and AI can help to
simulate the entire ecosystem better than human senses. It reduces the risk and makes deployment faster and also takes care of the
security concerns. Digital Twins have been playing very critical role in larger simulations and also help to achieve net zero in the energy
sector. The space applications can be a very good reference for the energy sector to achieve adequate automation.

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ISGF and GSEF @ Enlit Europe 2022, Frankfurt | Stand No.
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Enlit Europe formerly known as European Utility Week (EUW) is the largest event in Europe for the entire smart utility sector, accumulating
over 10,000 international smart energy stakeholders and 500+ exhibitors. Enlit Europe offers a notable multi-track strategic conference
programme, a free 3- day utility case study programme on the exhibition floor and a highly revered innovation hub.

The 2022 edition scheduled from 29 November to 01 December 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany, will see the launch of new initiatives
including the Energy Revolution, Intelligent Buildings and a revamped Innovation Programme, all under one roof.

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Smart Grid Updates: Policy, Regulations & Standards
INDIA CERC Issues Draft Terms and Conditions for Dealing in Energy
Savings Certificates (First Amendment) Regulations, 2022
MoP Proposes Draft Amendment in Electricity Rules, 2005
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has
Related to Captive Generating Plants
issued draft CERC (Terms and Conditions for Dealing in Energy
Ministry of Power (MoP) has proposed a draft amendment in Savings Certificates) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2022. As
Electricity Rules, 2005, related to captive generating plants. per the draft amendment, the floor price for the trading of energy
In the amendment, a proviso is proposed to be added that the saving certificates as mentioned in the energy conservation
consumption by a subsidiary company as defined in clause 87 rules will be fixed at 10 percent of the price of one metric tonne
of Section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013, of a company which of oil equivalent of energy consumed as may be notified by the
is an existing captive user shall also be admissible as captive central government, by notification in the official gazette for
consumption by the captive user. The proviso will be added after every perform, achieve and trade (PAT) cycle. Floor price means
the explanation of the term captive user. The ministry has sought the minimum price at which the energy savings certificate shall
comments, if any, by December 1, 2022. be traded on the power exchanges. The comments have been
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6151 sought on the draft amendment latest by November 02, 2022.
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SECI Refunds INR 54 million in Subsidy for Rooftop Solar
Program in September 2022 Maharashtra Regulator Orders Wind Developer to Pay Deviation
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) released INR 8.93 Charges
billion (~$108.61 million) in payments to solar and wind power Maharashtra Electricity regulatory Commission (MERC) directed
generators for the power purchased in September 2022. The Sterling Argo Industries to pay deviation charges of INR 1634494
disbursal accounted for nearly 83% of the total amount paid by (~$19747) for the period between January 6, 2022 to June 28,
the nodal agency during the month. The agency disbursed a total 2020, for deviation at the Dahiwadi pooling substation, due to the
of INR 10.82 billion (~131.52 million), including payments towards lack of forecasting and scheduling. The forecasting and scheduling
solar and wind power purchases, reimbursements to developers regulations provide that the qualified coordinating agency (QCA)
and duties in September. must provide real-time data relating to the power generation
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6152 parameters and weather-related data to Maharashtra State Load
Despatch Centre (MSLDC).
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6154

Smart Grid Updates: Projects and Technology

GRID MODERNIZATION PNM Files Grid Modernization Plan for Resilient Electric System
Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), wholly-owned
Massachusetts Approves $470 Mn in Electric Grid subsidiary of PNM Resources, filed a plan with the New Mexico
Improvements Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) to modernize its grid
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved through infrastructure investments designed to use state-of-the
utility company investments totaling more than $470 million art technology for a resilient, reliable, efficient and decarbonized
to modernize the electric distribution system in an attempt to electric system. The plan is part of a longer-term grid modernization
improve reliability and accommodate what is expected to be deployment and identifies the investments necessary to achieve
a growing reliance on clean energy. DPU’s order related to the New Mexico’s clean energy transition, including smart meters
utilities’ 2022-2025 Grid Modernization Plans granted final approval and greater physical security and cybersecurity infrastructure to
for Eversource, National Grid and Unitil to collectively invest up to protect the data and information generated by the new metering
$472.47 million in grid modernization technologies over the four- capabilities.
year term. Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6157
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GridPoint Partners with SMG Energy to Drive Sustainability
Duke Energy Ups 10 Year Capital Spending Plan to $145 Bn to Solutions
Modernize Grid GridPoint, a leader in building energy management and optimization
Duke Energy’s capital investment and energy transition plans call technology that decarbonizes commercial buildings and drives grid
for $145 billion in spending over the next decade, with costs up modernization partners with SMG Energy, a leading provider of
by $10 billion over the company’s previous ten year plan. Some customized energy and sustainability solutions designed to lower
85% of the spending will go toward grid modernization and to costs, manage risk and improve branding, delivering sustainability
the company’s transition toward decarbonized generation. Duke solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). A
Energy is on track to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, and to hit referral partner supporting GridPoint through its install network,
an interim goal of slashing indirect scope 2 and 3 emissions 50% SMG Energy works to understand individualized sustainability
by 2035. goals, costs and energy consumption profiles to create unique
solutions tailored to specific financial and environmental targets.
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 SG Updates: Technology & Projects (Contd...)
REC’s Subsidiary RECPDCL Hands Over SPV to Power Grid Adani Transmission Secured a Deal to Install and Maintain
Corporation of India Limited 1.08 million Smart Meters for BEST Undertaking, Mumbai
REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL), The deal value for the multi-year-old engagement by Adani
a wholly owned subsidiary of REC Limited – A Maharatna CPSE Transmission’s distribution platform at Rs 1,300 crore. The
under the aegis of Ministry of Power, GoI handed over the project current contract involves installing the smart meters over a 30
specific SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle), formed for construction months period and maintaining them for 90 months. The smart
of Transmission Project viz., ‘ER NER Transmission Limited’ to metering project, undertaken on a design, build, finance, own,
M/s Power Grid Corporation of India Limited. The work involves operate, transfer (DBFOOT) basis also involves setting up of
establishment of 2 X 500 MVA ICT (AIS) at Banka S/s along with
communication and other cloud-related infrastructure. It will also
associated works, upgradation of Namsai S/s and associated
provide an option to opt for pre-paid billing and net-metering
works including around 77 Kms of 220 kV double circuit
facility for housing societies and commercial buildings with the
transmission lines. The project for implementation is targeted in
roof-top solar facility.
36 months. With the handing over of the above SPV, RECPDCL
successfully handed over 41 transmission projects till now costing Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6140
around `54,642 crore under TBCB route.
Germany Announces Relaunch of Smart Meter Roll-Out
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The so far installation of smart meters in Germany is to be
SMART METERING accelerated, economy minister Robert Habeck has announced.
Installation of smart meters, which allow for a digitalised and
efficient operation of the electricity grid, has so far been slowed
LF Energy Launches Open-Source Smart Meter Data Gateway down by legal uncertainties and bureaucratic hurdles, according
ELinux Foundation (LF) Energy has announced the Super Advanced to the German energy agency (dena). The availability of real-
Meter (SAM), an open-source specification and reference time data provided by the digital meters is a prerequisite for
software project focusing on a widely applicable smart meter data flexible electricity tariffs. Smart meters allow for efficient energy
gateway. The new software is hoped to boost the development consumption and help people benefit from cheap electricity from
of the meter as a reliable virtual node in the energy grid and drive renewable energies through intelligent control.
the energy transition. The project focuses on a widely applicable Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6141
smart meter data gateway. It aims at the central device that is
installed with almost every energy consumer and thereby serves
as the edge device to provide services to customers world-wide.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
The SAM distinguishes itself by adhering to open interfaces,
modularity, and customer empowerment. Mahindra & Mahindra Partners with Statiq for EV Charging
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6137 Electric vehicles-network provider Statiq has partnered with
automobile giant, Mahindra & Mahindra for EV infrastructural
Smart Meters for All Farm Connections Soon in Andhra
solutions. As part of this collaboration, Statiq will help Mahindra
Pradesh
with charging point operations and the two entities will together
Energy Minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy has asserted focus on various e-mobility tech integration projects. This
that smart meters for agriculture power connections are beneficial partnership will provide EV users a robust, accessible, affordable,
to farmers as the move will not only make the Discoms more and reliable mobility network across the country.
responsible and accountable, but also provide farmers the right Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6160
to question the service providers in case of any lapse. The
Energy Minister said a pilot project of installing smart meters for Bharat Electronics Signs MoU with Triton Electric Vehicle
agriculture power connections was successfully implemented in
Srikakulam district. “The results are encouraging. We are able to Bharat Electronics has signed an MoU with Triton Electric
save 30 to 33% of power, which otherwise goes unaccounted or Vehicle (TEV), for manufacture of Hydrogen Fuel cells by BEL
pilfered,” he explained. with technology transfer from TEV, to meet the requirements
of Indian market and mutually agreed export markets. The MoU
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6138 aims at tapping the demand for clean energy solutions for various
applications including for E- Mobility, by leveraging Government
Smart Meters to Replace Electronic Meters in Goa, India of India’s thrust for adoption of clean energy fuels for applications
Power Department says 7,41,158 consumer meters will be in transport, energy storage etc.
replaced with smart meters in pre-paid mode; total cost of the Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6161
project is Rs 46,742 crore which will be executed in TOTEX/
OPEX mode. The State’s Electricity Department will soon install Delhi to Get 100 More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
smart meters to over 7.41 lakh consumers replacing the existing
electronic meters. According to information provided by the Delhi is soon going to get 100 more electric vehicle (EV) charging
department officials, as many as 7,41,158 consumer meters will stations. 11 high-tech low-cost stations started at Indraprastha
be replaced with smart meters in pre-paid mode. The total cost Metro station. The 11 charging stations were launched as part of
of the project is Rs 46,742 crore and will be executed in TOTEX/ a larger project to establish 100 more charging stations across the
city. The main aim behind it is to push the public to shift to EVs
OPEX mode.
and make Delhi pollution free as well as the EV capital of India.
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 SG Updates: Technology & Projects (Contd...)
Bharat Petroleum Aims to Offer EV Charging at 7000 Fuel TeraWatt Announces First Interstate EV Charging Network for
Stations Across Country Trucks
India’s state-run Oil & Gas explorer and producer ‘Bharat San Francisco startup TeraWatt Infrastructure developing the first
Petroleum’ aims to convert 7,000 of its conventional retail outlets network of electric vehicle-charging centers for heavy-duty and
into energy stations providing multiple fuelling options. In the medium-duty trucks along the Interstate 10 highway, stretching
medium to long term, this will also include the facility to charge from Long Beach, California, to the El Paso, Texas, area. The
electric vehicles. The company plans to provide EV charging company raised more than $1 billion this year to build charging
infrastructure. Medium and heavy trucks make up only about
stations of CCS-2 standard at its fuel pumps at periodic intervals on
4% of vehicles in the U.S., but because of their larger size and
all major national highways connecting major cities and economic greater travel distances the vehicles consume more than 25% of
centres in the country. total highway fuel and represent nearly 30% of highway carbon
Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6163 emissions, according to the Department of Energy.
Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6168
Autonomy and Nova Credit Launch Partnership to Expand
Access to Electric Vehicles ENERGY STORAGE
Nova Credit, the world’s leading consumer-permissioned credit
Kyoto Group Signs LoI to Deploy 88 MWh Thermal Energy
bureau, and Autonomy, the electric vehicle subscription company, Storage System in Spain in 2023
announced a partnership to help make access to electric vehicles
easier for credit customers with ‘thin file’ or no credit history The Kyoto Group has signed a letter of intent (LoI) to deploy an 88
partnership will enable Autonomy’s application process with Nova MWh system in Spain in the second half of 2023. The agreement,
if followed through, will see Kyoto Group deploy an 88 MWh
Credit’s cash flow underwriting solution, Cash Atlas, allowing
energy storage system at one of the company’s facilities in Spain,
Autonomy to qualify a greater number of customers with ‘thin file’, providing emissions-free heat production 24/7. Major owners of
or no credit history for a vehicle subscription. This streamlined, combined cycle gas turbine plants in the country include Naturgy,
data-driven process will help Autonomy sustain rapid yet qualified AES, Endesa and Iberdrola. Kyoto’s Heatcube product is a modular
customer growth as it expands into additional geographies and storage solution for thermal energy, which works by heating salt to
other in-demand electric vehicles. – currently – 415 degrees Celsius, which is then used to produce
stream for industrial production processes.
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BMW Invests $1.7 Bn to Build Electric Vehicles in U.S.
Tunisian Utility Planning 600 MW Pumped Hydro Energy
BMW will invest $1.7 billion to build electric vehicles in the United Storage Plant
States. The company was making a new $1 billion investment in its
Spartanburg, South Carolina plant to prepare for EV production and Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600 MW pumped
will spend $700 million on a new high-voltage battery assembly hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date.
STEG, or the Société tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (Tunisian
facility in nearby Woodruff, South Carolina, and create at least 300
Company of Electricity and Gas), is currently undertaking studies
jobs. for the project. The project is being planned for a location on
Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6165 the Oued El Melah river, 17km from the nearest town, Tabarka,
and will have a power of 400-600 MW. A MWh capacity was
Germany to Spend 6.3 Bn Euros for EV Charging Points not revealed, but pumped hydro energy storage technology’s
typical duration of between 6-20 hours would equate to
The German government approved a plan to spend 6.3 billion euros potentially anywhere between 2.4 GWh and 12 GWh. The French
($6.1 billion) over three years to rapidly scale up the number of Development Agency (AFD), the European Investment Bank (EIB)
charging stations for electric vehicles across the country, as part of and the German Development Bank (KfW) are all contributing to
its push towards net zero emissions. The plan envisages a 14-fold the cost of the studies.
increase in the number of charging stations, climbing to 1 million Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6170
by 2030 from around 70,000 now. It would focus on building them
in local municipalities which are currently undersupplied. On.Energy Deploying 39MWh of Battery Storage Projects at
Read more: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6166 Airports in LATAM
The Miami-based company is deploying the units at 11 undisclosed
Tesla Unveils Home Charging Station Works with Other Electric airports across Latin America. The energy storage systems will
Vehicles provide the airports with improved grid reliability in the event of
blackouts, reduce their annual emissions and reduce their utility
Electric vehicle company Tesla has launched a home charging bills by up to 25%. The 39 MWh deployments add to five airports
station or Wall Connector that works with other electric cars too, BESS systems that are already operational or in the final stages
not just Tesla vehicles. The company has launched a brand new of commissioning. The projects are being deployed through a
version of its J1772 Wall Connector for $550 on its website. With collaboration with Skysense, a Mexico-based developer of solar,
up to 44 miles of range added per hour, a 24-foot cable, multiple storage and green hydrogen projects. On.Energy raised US$100
power settings and a versatile indoor/outdoor design, the J1772 million from UK fund SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust plc
Wall Connector provides unparalleled convenience. (SEEIT) in August for its US and Canada energy storage project
deployments.
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 SG Updates: Technology & Projects (Contd...)
Enel and Brenmiller inaugurate 24MWh thermal energy storage ADB Approves USD 18 Million for Bhutan’s First Utility Scale
system in Italy Solar Power Project
Utility and power generation company Enel Group and Brenmiller Bhutan is set to get its first utility scale solar photovoltaic (PV)
Energy have inaugurated a thermal energy storage system in power project with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approving
Italy using the latter’s proprietary bGen technology. Israel-based financing of USD 18.26 million for its construction. The project
Brenmiller’s energy storage unit has been deployed at a power will have a capacity of 17.38 MW and will produce 25 GWh of
plant in Santa Barbara, Tuscany, and will help the plant to use power annually. The project will help diversify Bhutan’s energy
renewable energy, by enabling reduced start-up times and greater mix, which relies on hydropower making the sector vulnerable to
speed in load variations. The system charges heating rocks variations in climate. The Bhutan government will contribute USD
using steam from the facility, and discharges by releasing the 990,000 to the project. The financing from ADB also includes an
accumulated heat to heat pressurized water and generate steam USD 8.26 million concessional loan and an ADB administered USD
for electricity. It can store up to 24MWh of heat energy at 550°C 10 million grant from the Asian Development fund.
for five hours. The partnership between Enel and Brenmiller was
first announced in 2018, they were exploring the possibility of Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6176
deploying a 60MWh system at an Enel site. The firm expects to
have an annual production capacity of 4,000MWh by the end of
2023 from its facility in Dimona, Israel.
GREEN HYDROGEN
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6172 EU Signs ‘Strategic Partnership’ with Kazakhstan on Green
Hydrogen, Raw Materials
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MICROGRIDS At the COP27 conference in Egypt, EU President Ursula von
der Leyen and Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov
Ameresco Building Solar+Storage Microgrid at Joint Base signed an agreement establishing a partnership between the
McGuire EU and Kazakhstan in order to ensure a supply of raw materials,
Ameresco will install a solar+storage microgrid system at Joint together with batteries and renewable hydrogen. The partnership
Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey as part of a USD 140 establishes “closer economic and industrial integration” in
million investment in resiliency and energy efficiency measures. raw materials, batteries and renewable hydrogen through the
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy executed a USD 92 identification of joint projects, the alignment of environmental
million second phase designed to add more onsite solar power,
and social standards as well as the modernisation of mining
energy efficiency measures, and infrastructure upgrades to an
initial USD 48 million task order issued in 2021 for on-site solar and refining processes. As part of the partnership, the EU and
generation. The total solar capacity to be deployed amounts to 32 Kazakhstan have committed to develop a roadmap for 2023-
MW—one of the largest solar PV installations that Ameresco has 2024, with concrete joint actions agreed within six months of the
installed at a federal site. Ameresco is also installing a 2MW/4MWh signature of the partnership.
battery energy storage system and integrating the solar, storage,
and backup generation assets within the new microgrid. Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6178

Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6173 Indian Government Identifies 10 States for Green Hydrogen
Manufacturing: MNRE officials
SB Energy to Sell Power to Google from its 1.2 GW Solar
Projects in Texas The government of India has identified 10 potential states that
could be the key enablers in manufacturing green hydrogen in India
Renewable energy developer SB Energy Global announced that
Google will buy approximately 75% (942 MW) of the clean energy to kickstart its National Green Hydrogen Mission. These include
produced by the company’s four Txas based upcoming solar Karnataka, Odisha, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,
projects with a combined capacity of 1.2 GW. The four projects Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. These
– Orion 1-3 and Eiffel are likely to operational by mid of 2024. The states have been identified on the basis of the existing steel and
four solar projects will primarily utilize US made first solar modules, fertiliser industries, refineries and ports located there, along with
which will be produced at the manufacturers Ohio plant. the operational and potential renewable energy generation capacity
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6174 in the regions. At some locations, we have also incorporated
the city gas distribution network as that is another sector that
Oregon DOE Grant Fully Funds Ashland Community Resilience can offtake green hydrogen. On November 2, the Karnataka
Microgrid government signed a set of agreements worth Rs 5.20 lakh crore
The Oregon Department of Energy (DOE) will fully fund a microgrid during the inaugural day of the three-day Invest Karnataka 2022 –
project to support critical infrastructure in the city of Ashland. The Global Investors Meet. Of the Rs 5.20 lakh crore, Rs 2.9 lakh crore
USD 940,000 community resilience project will be implemented worth investments will be in the green hydrogen and derivatives
by Stracker Solar, an Ashland-based solar company. The microgrid, sector alone, through which the Karnataka government aims to
which is expected to generate 170,000 kWh of electricity each build India’s first green hydrogen manufacturing cluster or zone.
year, will include a 75 kW dual-axis solar tracking system and
lithium battery storage. The installation will be located at the City Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6179
Service Center and will allow continued operations for the city’s
police and electric departments, as well as a fiber network, in case
of a grid outage.
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 SG Updates: Technology & Projects (Contd...)
First Hydrogen’s Green Hydrogen Powered Van Ready for Tigo Energy Helps Solar Installer Achieve Australian Safety
Maiden Test Run Standards at Mining Sites with Rapid Shutdown Technology
First Hydrogen Corp. is a Vancouver and London UK-based Tigo Energy, Inc., the solar industry’s leading Flex MLPE (Module
company focused on zero-emission vehicles, green hydrogen Level Power Electronics) supplier, announced that its rapid
production, and distribution and supercritical carbon dioxide shutdown and monitoring technology is now in use at a mining
extractor systems. They are pleased to announce that its first plant in New South Wales, Australia. Smart Commercial Solar, an
zero-emission light commercial vehicles (LCVs) will shortly installation and management company based in North Sydney,
undergo test runs at the HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground and test New South Wales, designed and deployed the ground-mount
track located near Birmingham. In November’s first week, the first installation. Tigo will showcase this rapid shutdown technology in
of the Company’s demonstrator vehicles has completed hydrogen a CEC Masterclass session at the upcoming All-Energy conference
fueling at 700 bar pressure at the ITM/MOTIVE site in Rainham, in Melbourne, Australia, highlighting the evolution of solar safety
Essex, close to the AVL facility in Basildon. The 700-bar fill is a standards and codes as solar matures worldwide. Powered by the
key performance parameter as it is the pressure rate that supplies TS4-A-S and Energy Intelligence (EI), Tigo technology reduces the
enough energy to give the vehicle a 400-600km range within a electrical output of each module upon rapid shutdown initiation.
few minutes. Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6145
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DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
STANDARDS AND CYBER SECURITY
Government of Uganda to Start Testing Technology Aided
Trilogue on CO2 Standards Concluded: 100% Target Requires Electricity Mini-Grids
Matching Ambition For Charging And Refueling Infrastructure
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is considering
and a Thorough Review
the use of Artificial Intelligence to locate sites and suitable energy
The European Commission, the Council of the European Union modes for mini-grids in different rural areas. A recent household
and the European Parliament reached an agreement in Trilogue survey by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics indicates that the
on CO2 emission standards for cars and vans. The co-legislators national electricity access rate stands at 57%. This comprises
confirmed the 100% reduction target in 2035, the revision of the 19% and 38% of on-grid and off-grid connections respectively.
text in 2026 and the recital 9a on the role of CO2-neutral fuels after 43% of households remain in the dark. Data from the pilot project
2035. The regulation foresees a review in the year 2026, which in Lamwo District in Northern Uganda once validated will be scaled
shall cover not only the deployment of zero-emission vehicles but countrywide paving the way for more mini-grids in the country.
also of charging infrastructure, availability of green energy and
fuels, affordability of vehicles and the impact on the industry. Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6146
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6142 Holographic Digital Twin Aids Infrastructure Planning in Florida
Singapore to Introduce New Emissions Rules for Fossil-Fuel New holographic digital twin technology has been announced
Power Plants for three counties in the state of Florida to better enable utility
infrastructure planning and decision making. The Orlando
Singapore’s energy regulator will be introducing new emissions
standards for new and repowered fossil fuel-fired power Economic Partnership (the Partnership) is funding the fully realised
generation units in 2023. The new rules are part of the digital twin that will showcase the entire region with input from
implementation of a law the city-state passed last year that multiple stakeholders. The 3D tech is claimed by the Partnership
allowed the EMA to set greenhouse gas emissions standards. The as the first to allow users to incorporate real-time, interactive
measure also follows Singapore announcing plans to reduce its data that can help them map out different scenarios with climate
emissions target for 2030 to 60 million tonnes of carbon dioxide change, infrastructure, available real estate and more.
(CO2). The city-state will also enhance the efficiency of its power Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6147
plants “by requiring all new generation units to use the best-in-
class technology available,” said Low, without elaborating on the China’s State Grid Corporation to use Nokia IoT Across Power
technology required. Infrastructure
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6143 The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) will deploy a Nokia
solution, aiming to use automation to better monitor electrical
US DOE Seeks Input on Bolstering Cybersecurity for Public
power production and distribution status in real time, using IoT
Power
sensors throughout their infrastructure. Nokia is extending its
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently issued a request relationship with the world’s largest power utility through the
for information (RFI) seeking public input on a new $250 million selection of its Optical Transport Network (OTN) solutions, which
program to bolster the cybersecurity posture of rural, municipal, will be used by SGCC across its power grid infrastructure. SGCC
and small investor-owned electric utilities. The Rural and Municipal will deploy Nokia’s optical technology across Hubei, Hunan and
Utility Advanced Cybersecurity Grant and Technical Assistance Jiangxi provinces, which is hoped to create an OTN backbone
(RMUC) Program will help eligible utilities cyber harden energy with the capacity, operational efficiency and intelligence required
systems, processes, and assets; improve incident response to support the Chinese power grid and provide highly-reliable
capabilities; and increase cybersecurity skills in the utility service to its customer base.
workforce.
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 SG Updates: Technology & Projects (Contd...)
IP/MPLS Secures the Journey To the Net-Zero Emissions dubbed MidCat that emerged a decade ago but was dropped
Future in 2019 over regulatory and funding issues. Russia withholding
gas deliveries to most of Europe in reaction to sanctions over its
With the increasing amount of DERs coming onto the grid,
invasion of Ukraine, there has been a resurgence of interest in a
upgrades to the utility’s communication network are becoming
link to bring in much-needed supplies from Spain to the rest of the
more of a priority. Dominique Verhulst, head of utilities for Nokia,
continent.
writes on how, in line with this need, utilities are turning to IP/
MPLS networks for their grid modernisation. Around the world, Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6182
governments, enterprises and utilities have set ambitious goals to
reduce carbon emissions on their journey toward net zero in 2050. Gujarat Achieves 100% Household Tap Water Connections
This transition from fossil fuels, which in Europe has accelerated
under Jal Jeevan Mission
with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is driving the electrification of
transportation, home heating and cooking, agricultural production Gujarat has achieved another milestone under the leadership of
and many industrial processes from concrete to steel worldwide. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Bhupendra Patel
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6149 in its development journey.

Smart Home Security via Private Blockchain Launched by Prime Minister Modi in 2019, the mission targeted to
make available 5 litres of water per person every day to each rural
Samsung company unveiled its new smart home security strategy: household through household tap connections by 2024.
link all of your devices to a private blockchain so they’re all
monitoring each other. If one smart appliance gets compromised, “In Gujarat, a total of 91.73 lakh households in rural areas are
the others kick it out of the smart home club. As Samsung expects provided water through tap connections under the mission. The
bad actors to compromise personal devices at an increasing rate, 100% coverage of rural households is possible by laying 63,287
the company considered several options to protect the many parts kilometres of distribution pipelines, 3,498 underground pumps,
of a smart home, like phones, routers, TVs, and even appliances setting up 2,396 high tanks, 339 wells, 3,985 tube wells and 324
that could serve as vectors for attack. mini schemes and 302 solar-powered drinking water distribution
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SMART WATER AND SMART GAS
Jal Shakti Ministry to Launch Survey to Monitor Water
AG&P Pratham Launches Tamil Nadu’s First Liquified and Standard Under Har Ghar Jal Scheme
Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) Station
With water quality a key concern, the government is now all set to
AG&P Pratham, a leading player in the Indian City Gas Distribution launch a country-wide ground survey to check the implementation
(CGD) industry, has launched Tamil Nadu’s first Liquified of Har Ghar Jal scheme in all states, and the quality of water
Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) station near Manthangal Village, being provided through the newly installed tap connections across
Walajah Taluk, Ranipet District. The LCNG Station was inaugurated villages.
by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K. Stalin, in a virtual event
which was also graced by Thangam Thennarasu, Minister of The three-month-long mega exercise is likely to be launched on
Industries and V Irai Anbu, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of 2nd October 2022 and will monitor not just the quality of water
Tamil Nadu. being delivered but the frequency of availability as well as the
service delivery under the scheme, including promptness of
AG&P Pratham is developing CGD networks in 6 districts of Tamil repairs.
Nadu including Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu & South East Chennai,
Vellore, Ranipet, Tirupattur and Ramanathapuram. By consistently According to sources, a standard questionnaire has already been
expanding its footprint in the state, AG&P Pratham aims to cover prepared which citizens in villages would be asked to fill out to
1 lakh domestic connections within a year and shall cover 22 lakh rate the water quality and Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) infrastructure
households across Tamil Nadu in the next eight years. in their village. The data collection exercise will be conducted by
water works department officials of each state. The questionnaire
Read More: https://indiasmartgrid.org/viewnews.php?id=6181 will also be put up online for citizens to submit their assessment
of the work done and share feedback. This data collected at the
Spain, France and Portugal Agree on Gas Pipeline Link village and district level would then be sent to the Centre, which
also plans to finalize the two best districts in each state with
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez recently announced that respect to JJM implementation. The best districts will be awarded
Spain, France and Portugal had agreed to build an energy pipeline at the national level, as will be the best states with respect to JJM
linking the Iberian peninsula to the rest of Europe, reviving a implementation.
project long-resisted by Paris. The new project, which Sanchez Read more: https://bit.ly/3t4r59p
dubbed a Green Energy Corridor, would replace an earlier plan

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Announcing India Smart Utility Week 2023
9 International Conference and Exhibition
th

India on Smart Energy and Smart Mobility for Smart Cities

SMART UTILITY 1sr March 2023 2nd March 2023 3rd March 2023 4th March 2023
Week 2022 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Conference & Conference & Conference & Tutorials &

01 - 04 March 2023 Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Technical Tours

New Delhi
rd
ISGF INNOVATION AWARDS: 3 March 2023

ISGF Innovation Awards 2023

ISGF Innovation Awards instituted in 2017 is aimed to recognize and to celebrate organizations (utilities and technology companies),
projects, products and personalities that have set a new benchmark in Electricity, Gas, Water and E-Mobility domains. Till 2022, ISGF
had selected and recognized more than 207 such organizations/ individuals. The 7th Edition of ISGF Innovation Awards 2023 will
be conferred to the Winners on 03 March 2023. India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) invites public and private utilities, urban local bodies,
technology companies, start-ups, incubators, researchers and academia to submit their nominations. Please refer below table for award
categories:
For more details, Winner selection procedure and to submit nomination, please visit: http://www.isgw.in/isgf-innovation-awards-2023/

Award Categories | Last Date to Apply for Online Nominations 20 Dec 2022

Best Smart Grid Project in Emerging Innovation in Electric Smart Technology

India Mobility Domain a. Electricity – Generation
a. Utility a. Electric Vehicle (2/3/4 Wheelers b. Electricity – Transmission
b. Technology Company/ and Public Transportation) c. Electricity – Distribution
Implementing Agency b. EV and EVSE Rollouts d. Energy Storage Systems (ESS)
c. EV and Charging Technology/ e. Smart Gas Distribution
Solution Providers
f. Smart Water Distribution
d. Battery for Electric Mobility
Most Innovative Renewable e. Smart Innovations in Smart
Energy Programs/Projects in Charging Infrastructure
India (including Smart Business
Best Business Growth and
Models)
a. Solar (Utility Scale) Innovation amongst previous
years’ ISGF Innovation Award
b. Wind (Utility Scale) Winners
Adoption of Disruptive
Technology/Solution

a. Utility Smart Incubator of the Year

Smart Start-up of the Year b. Industry

Direct link for nomination form: https://forms.gle/bHpfgMRT4ukhqdSLA | For queries, please write to us at [email protected]

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