BIMSTEC Energy Centre Organises Five-Day Capacity Building Programme
The BIMSTEC Energy Centre (BEC) organised a five-day Capacity Building Programme on “New & Emerging Technologies in Power Sector (Generation, Transmission, Distribution & End Use)”n Bengaluru in hybrid mode under the aegis of Ministry of Power, Government of India.
The Inaugural Session was also attended by Smt. J Sreedevi, Director General, Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Asit Singh, Member Secretary, Southern Regional Power Committee (SRPC), M S Hejib, Executive Director, POWERGRID SRTS-II, and. T Srinivas, Executive Director, Southern Regional Load Despatch Centre (SRLDC), GRID-INIDIA.
Participants from Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand attended in person, while Bangladesh, Myanmar and the BIMSTEC Secretariat, Dhaka participated online. The programme provided a platform for technical capacity building, exchange of national experiences and sharing of best practices in the rapidly evolving power sector.
The programme covered key emerging technologies across the power sector, including Renewable Energy, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Green Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), Long Duration Energy Storage, Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), Smart Grids, advanced grid operation technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in power systems and the impact of Data Centre loads. Advanced transmission technologies such as FACTS, HTLS conductors, Dynamic Line Rating and Grid-Forming Converters, along with the India Energy Stack, were also covered.(updated on 18th sept 2026)
