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NewsBase’s Power Roundup

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: GE’s flagship offshore wind turbine sub-
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is ject to permanent injunction in US
invited to join our team of international editors, GE’s flagship offshore wind turbine, the Halia-
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues de-X, is now subject to a permanent injunction
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like in the US. Two well-advanced wind projects,
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking however, are exempt from the injunction. Sie-
on the headline link for each section the full text mens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) had
will be available. sought the ban after a jury in June ruled that
the Haliade-X infringed one of SGRE’s patents.
AsiaElec: Chinese coal plant construction to
increase
China is now expected to increase construc- ENERGO: Czechia to support businesses strug-
tion of coal power plants in excess of numbers gling with energy bills, but national windfall tax
previously released, China Energy Engineering proposal shelved
Corp. (CEEC) said. The move is being made in Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef
a bid to offer an additional 270 GW of capacity Sikela said at Wednesday’s press conference
over the five years to 2025. (September 14) that there is a preliminary cab-
inet agreement to allocate CZK30bn (€1.2bn)
to businesses in compensation for high ener-
gy prices, in a scheme that could involve some
8,000 companies. Sectors with high energy-in-
tensive production such as mining, manufac-
turing or agriculture will be helped if they can
prove a significant rise in their costs compared
to previous periods.

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