Awards 2025
Announcing the Winners of the 11th Annual ISGAN Awards
Global Recognition
Each year, in partnership with the Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF), ISGAN presents the ISGAN Awards of Excellence (AoE) to recognize excellence in smart grid projects and programs around the world. ISGAN brings together 27 countries from across five continents and the European Commission to advance the development and deployment of smarter, cleaner, and more flexible electricity grids around the world.
The AoE seek to leverage leadership and innovation in smart grids to accelerate the global exchange of best practices and promote replication or adaptation of proven concepts in other markets, countries, and regions. By providing a showcase for exemplars in the global smart grid community, the Awards also draws attention to the value offered by smart grid systems.
Theme for 2025
The 2025 ISGAN Award of Excellence recognizes exemplars in the field of smart grids with a special focus on “Solutions for Enhanced Grid Operation”.
Competition at a Glance
A wide range of smart grid nominations were received, representing projects from 10 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
The following projects were selected as this year’s winning projects.
| Award title | Company/Organisation | Project Name |
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WINNER |
Energy Networks Association / ENA (United Kingdom) |
Energy Networks Association’s Open Networks Programme |
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RUNNER-UP |
Korea Electric Power Corporation / KEPCO (Republic of Korea) |
Energy Valley Micro Grid Project of Korea Electric Power Corporation |
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HONORABLE MENTION |
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (Austria) |
PARMENIDES: Plug & Play Energy Management for Hybrid Energy Storage |
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HONORABLE MENTION |
Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) |
eNeuron: green Energy hubs for local integrated energy communities optimization |
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 | ||
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Reji Kumar Pillai (Jury Chair) |
– Chairman, Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF)
– President, India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) |
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Mark McGranaghan |
– Fellow, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) |
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Ravi Sweethapathy |
– Executive Chairman, Biosirus Inc. Canada – GSEF Ambassador for Americas |
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Valerie Anne Lencznar |
– Advisor, Ministry of Energy of Moldova – GSEF Ambassador for Europe |
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Richard Schomberg |
– President, RJS energy – EDF Fellow – IEC Ambassador for Smart Energy |
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Andres Carvallo |
– Professor, Texas State University |
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Nobuyuki Yamaguchi |
– Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science |
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More details about this year’s winning projects
Download the brochure for a comprehensive overview of the projects and its key highlights.
Contact (Awards Administrator)
SungJi (Chloe) Yoon
Korea Smart Grid Institute (KSGI)
Email:ysj@smartgrid.or.kr
