ISGAN contributes to strategic discussions at the Clean Energy Ministerial Senior Officials’ Meeting 2026
From 3 to 5 June 2026, ISGAN representatives participated in the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Brussels, Belgium. The event brought together government representatives, international organisations, industry stakeholders, and experts from across the global clean energy community to discuss priorities for the energy transition and prepare for the upcoming CEM17 Ministerial […]
ISGAN Webinar – Implementing Distribution Planning: Flexibility for the Energy Transition
Distribution grids sit at the heart of the clean energy transition. This webinar brings together three leading experts – a DSO practitioner, a digital solutions innovator, and a research leader – to share and debate how Distribution System Operators (DSOs) are implementing active grid planning today. Each speaker offers a unique perspective on integrating flexibility […]
ISGAN Webinar – Hydrogen sector impact on the power sector: power system development, grid planning and operation
The development of the hydrogen sector, driven by electrified production via electrolysers, is expected to significantly impact power system planning, development, and operation. Large-scale deployment of electrolysers introduces new grid demands and requires careful infrastructure planning, while also enabling enhanced system flexibility through short- and long-term balancing services. An integrated perspective highlights hydrogen’s role in […]
Super-Smart Grid Workshop: Superconductivity and Smart Grids for Power System Transformation
The International Energy Agency (IEA) High Temperature Superconductivity (HTS) TCP and the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) TCP are pleased to invite you to a joint event exploring how smart grid approaches and superconducting technologies can jointly contribute to power systems transformation. The workshop will take place online on 21 April 2026, from 13:00 […]
Capacity Mechanisms
In recent years, the electricity market has experienced strong fluctuations and frequent market interventions (e.g., windfall profit taxes in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Spain, or the introduction of electricity price caps), which can significantly affect the security of supply. In addition, high shares of renewable energy sources (RES), driven by support mechanisms, have led to […]
Webinar: Grid-Forming Units and their Impact on the Power System
As power systems transition to high shares of inverter-based resources, grid-forming (GFM) technology is emerging as a critical enabler of stability and resilience. Unlike conventional grid-following inverters, GFM converters actively shape voltage and frequency, providing the synthetic inertia and damping that modern grids increasingly require. This webinar brings together leading researchers from across Europe to […]
Hydrogen sector impact on power grid: production/storagetransport
The planning and operation of the power system will be affected substantially by the development of the hydrogen sector, mainly due to the electrification of hydrogen production. This work explores the impact of the integration of the hydrogen sector on the power sector in three dimensions: power grid planning; power system development; and power grid […]
31st Executive Committee Meeting
The 31st meeting of the ISGAN Executive Committee (ExCo31), which took place from 17 to 19 March 2026, brought together over 30 delegates from 17 member countries and the European Commission for three days of strategic discussions, knowledge exchange, and technical dialogue. Hosted by Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico (RSE) in Rome, Italy, the meeting reinforced […]
WG 6 Contributions Featured in IEEE Power & Energy Magazine
The March edition of IEEE Power & Energy Magazine, titled “Flexibility for Resilience,” features contributions from several experts active in ISGAN Working Group 6. The articles reflect WG6’s recent activity on flexibility for resilience and highlight the growing importance of flexibility as a foundation for secure and reliable power system operation. Flexibility as a Solution: […]
ISGAN WEBINAR – GDBN: A Digital Grid Data and Business Network to support the Flexibility-Centric Energy Value Chain
GDBN dashboard GDBN: A Digital Grid Data and Business Network to support the Flexibility-Centric Energy Value Chain The increasing dependency from digital tools in the energy area in pushing for key digital coordination platforms to control, oversight and coordinate processes, removing adoption barriers and increasing interoperability. This is the case for the energy flexibility value-chain. […]
