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        POWER            WELCOME  to NewsBase’s Power Roundup   “Ultimately, we hope to demonstrate how
                         Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is  bitcoin mining in conjunction with renewable
                         invited to join our team of international editors,  energy can help drive the clean energy transi-
                         who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues  tion,” said Blockstream in a blog.
                         affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like
                         NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking  ENERGO:  European  Commission  joins
                         on the headline link for each section the full text  Czechia’s Turow mine lawsuit against Po-
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                                                              The European Commission has joined the
                         ASIAELEC:  Indonesia  confirms  plans  for  Czech Republic’s lawsuit against Poland over
                         41 GW of new capacity by 2030        the Turow lignite mine, a Commission spokes-
                         Indonesia is aiming to build 41 GW of new gen-  woman said on June 9.
                         erating capacity by 2030, of which 52% will be   The Czechs say that the mine, which is
                         fossil fuel-based and 48% renewables.  located right by the border, is lowering the water
                           Rida Mulyana, general director for elec-  table on their side, a typical effect of open-cast
                         tricity at the Ministry for Energy and Mineral  mines. The Czechs are disputing the extension
                         Resources, said that the government in 2021  of the mine’s environmental permit, which they
                         aims to open 8,915 MW of capacity.   claim Poland granted the mine’s operator, the
                                                              state-controlled power company PGE, with-
                         REM: Square to invest in Blockstream’s so-  out looking into the potential impacts on the
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