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NewsBase’s Power Roundup

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: Google signs deal for almost 1 GW of so-
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is lar power for Texas datacentre
invited to join our team of international editors, General Electric has released its Q3 earnings –
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues and the outlook for its renewable energy divi-
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like sion is dim in the short term. GE Renewables’
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking annual losses in 2022 will reach $2bn, said ex-
on the headline link for each section the full text ecutives. Medium term and longer term, the
will be available. outlook is brighter.

ENERGO: Energoatom claims Russia is at-
tempting to connect Zaporizhzhia NPP to oc-
AsiaElec: COVID policies hurting Chinese cupied territories
power cut efforts Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear
With winter starting to close in across northern operator, warned that Russian troops will soon
China, well-intentioned efforts by local and na- try to connect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear pow-
tional authorities to avoid the widespread pow- er plant (ZNPP) to the occupied territories,
er cuts seen across the country last year could Ukraine Business News reported on November
now be scuppered by never ending anti-COV- 4. The ZNPP went into full blackout mode af-
ID policies. In its push to eradicate COVID ter Russian shelling on November 2 damaged
nationwide, China’s central government in the last two high-voltage communication lines,
Beijing has, for much of 2022, employed meas- forcing the plant to run on 20 diesel engines
ures increasingly seen as over-zealous and that have enough fuel for 15 days, the Kyiv In-
counter-productive to the benefit of the nation- dependent reported.
al economy in a bid to become the first COV-
ID-free nation in the world.

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