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NewsBase’s Power Roundup

Global [NRG Power]

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: New US climate bill likely to become law,
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is deliver 525-550 GW of clean power by 2030
invited to join our team of international editors, The American Clean Power Association expects
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues the Inflation Reduction Act 2022 (IRA) to deliv-
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like er 525–550 GW of new utility-scale clean power
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking between 2022-2030. The bill was passed by one
on the headline link for each section the full text vote in the US Senate on August 7,three days af-
will be available. ter hold-out moderate DemocratSenator Kyrsten
Sinema said she would support it.
AsiaElec: India to fall short on 2022 renewable
targets ENERGO: Russia plans to switch Zaporizhzhia
India has admitted it will no longer achieve its NPP from Ukrainian to Russian grid
2022 clean energy goal of 175 GW from re- Russia wants to switch Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia
newable sources. In confirming the missing of nuclear power plant to the Russian grid in or-
its December 2022pledge, by way of a renewed der to transfer power to occupied Crimea,
set of climate goals issued at the United Nations Ukraine Business news reported on August 10.
this month, New Delhi laid the blame for the The Zaporizhzhia NPP, Europe’s largest plant,
shortcoming at the foot of delays in solar and has beenunder Russian occupationsince early
wind installations. March following a shocking attack that Zelens-
kiy labeled “a night that could have stopped the
history of Ukraine and Europe”.

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