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Award Winners 2023

Announcing the Winners of the 9th Annual ISGAN Awards of Excellence
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Award Winners 2023

On July 21, 2023, ISGAN, in partnership with the Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF), announced the winners of the ninth annual ISGAN Award of Excellence, during a special ceremony at the 14th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Meeting in Goa, India. Jean-François Gagné, the head of the CEM Secretariat presented the ISGAN Awards to the winning projects.

For the past nine years, the ISGAN Awards has highlighted outstanding achievements in the realm of smart grids. For 2023, the focus was “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Smart Grid.” AI has a pivotal role in propelling grid modernization, ensuring dependable system operation, and seamlessly integrating clean energy sources.

Competition at a Glance
A wide range of smart grid nominations were received, representing projects from 8 different countries throughout the world. The winning projects were selected by an independent, international jury of smart grid experts, led by Reji Pillai Kumar, Chair of the Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF). The jury selected the winning projects based on the following five criteria: potential impact, economic rationale, potential for replication & adaptation, innovation, and other benefits.

Winning Projects

Project Name
[FleXunity] Scaling-up Power Flexible
Communities Business Models
Empowered by Blockchain & AI

Cleanwatts Digital, S.A. (Portugal)

CartoLine – the New “Predictive Maintenance” Tool for Enedis

Enedis (France)

AI-based Distribution Grid Load
& Asset State Prediction System

AI/ML Powered Enterprise Analytics for
Power Distribution Companies

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Rep of Korea)

 

IntelliSmart Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. [India]

You can read more detailed descriptions about these award-winning projects in the ISGAN Awards Flyer

Luisa Matos, CIO/CPO and Co-founder of Cleanwatts, receives the top award for Cleanwatts’ project “FleXunity – Scaling-up Power Flexible Communities Business Models Empowered by Blockchain and AI Project.” Presenting the award are Luciano Martini, Chair of the ISGAN Executive Committee, and Reji Kumar Pillai, ISGAN Award jury chair and president of Indian Smart Grid Forum.
Sébastien Brun of Enedis S.A. in France receives the Runner-up award for their project “CartoLine – the New “Predictive Maintenance” Tool for ENEDIS
JungHo Lee, VP of Korea Electric Power Corporation, receives Honorable Mention award for the project “AI-based Distribution Grid Load and Asset State Prediction System.”
Anil Rawal, MD & CEO of IntelliSmart Infrastructure (India), receives Honorable Mention award for AI/ML Powered Enterprise Analytics for Power Distribution Companies.

Members of the Jury

Our grateful thanks to the members of the 2025 ISGAN Awards of Excellence jury
for contributing their time and expertise to the evaluation process!

Members of the Jury
Reji Kumar Pillai (Jury Chair)
– Chairman, Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF)
– President, India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF)

Mark McGranaghan
– Fellow, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Ravi Sweethapathy
– Executive Chairman, Biosirus Inc. Canada
– GSEF Ambassador for Americas

Kentaro Akiyama
— Japan Smart Community Alliance

Richard Schomberg
– President, RJS energy
– EDF Fellow
– IEC Ambassador for Smart Energy

Lawrence Jones
– Vice President
– International Programs
– Edison Electric Instutute

Contact (Awards Administrator)

SungJi (Chloe) Yoon

Korea Smart Grid Institute (KSGI)
Email:ysj@smartgrid.or.kr

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