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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-
will be available. landThe European Commission has joined the
Czech Republic’s lawsuit against Poland over
AFRELEC: Access to power rates fall in the Turow lignite mine, a Commission spokes-
sub-Saharan Africa in past decade woman said on June 9.
The number of people without electricity in The Czechs say that the mine, which is
sub-Saharan Africa has increased over the last 10 located right by the border, is lowering the water
years, with Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of table on their side, a typical effect of open-cast
Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia posting the highest mines. The Czechs are disputing the extension
number of people without power access. of the mine’s environmental permit, which they
Figures from the World Bank out this week claim Poland granted the mine’s operator, the
state that 89mn Nigerians (45% of the popu- state-controlled power company PGE, with-
lation) were without power, followed by DRC out looking into the potential impacts on the
with 70mn (91%) and Ethiopia with 58mn environment.
(52%).
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