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POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: Norway to become green industrial giant
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is with offshore wind, hydrogen and batteries
invited to join our team of international editors, Norway’s government has launched a plan for
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues the country to become a green industrial gi-
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like ant using seven focus areas, including offshore
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking wind, hydrogen and batteries.“We are going
on the headline link for each section the full text through the biggest change the Norwegian
will be available. economy has seen in recent times,” said Prime
Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
AfrElec: British International Investment, Nor-
fund, Scatec to invest $200mn in African hydro ENERGO: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signs
British International Investment (BII) has said Kazakh nuclear deal
it will invest up to $200mn into a joint venture Korea Hydro& Nuclear Power (KHNP) on June
between its Norwegian counterpart Norfund 28 signed a memorandum of understanding
and the renewable power producer Scatec ASA with Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants, owned
to provide capital for that company’s hydro- by the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund,
power projects in Africa.BII and Norfund hold to co-operate on the introduction of nuclear
a 49% stake in Scatec’s hydropower portfolio, power in Kazakhstan, World News reported
which includes a mixture of operating assets and on June 29. the two companies have agreed
assets under development, including Ruzizi III, to co-operate in nuclear power plant develop-
a proposed 205-MWhydropower plant that will ment, the application of nuclear technology,
provide electricity to Rwanda, Burundi and the human resource training and the promotion of
Democratic Republic of Congo. NPPs to the public..
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