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POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is the world’s poorest countries.
invited to join our team of international editors, “The climate investment fund is an essential
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues part of Norway’s contribution to achieve the
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like goals set out in the Paris Agreement and the
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking SDGs,’ said Prime Minister Erna Solberg in a
on the headline link for each section the full text statement on June 7.
will be available.
ENERGO: DTEK And Regulator Blame One
AFRELEC: Statkraft Provides $2.7bn To Other As Power Prices On The Day-Ahead
Curb Energy Poverty In Africa Market Plumme
Norway’s Statkraft is to donate $2.7mn in cash The electricity price on Ukraine’s day-ahead
and equipment to international development segment of the wholesale market decreased to
charity SolarAid over the next three years in a bid UAH1,035 per MWh on July 2 and reached a
to tackle energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. new low of UAH426/MWh on July 4, down
The cash will be used to help ensure universal from the June average of UAH1,425/MWh, ac-
access to power across Africa to 2030, which is cording to data from the market operator.
one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal The power sector regulator (the NERC),
(SDGs). The money will be focused on provid- reported that the collapse was caused by a 40%
ing solar lighting in homes and schools. decline of power purchases in the day-ahead
segment on July 2.
REM: Norway To Invest $1.1bn In Green
Energy In World’s Poorest Countries
The Norwegian government has earmarked See the archive and sign up to receive NRG Editor’s
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a new fund that will invest in renewable energy
in developing and emerging economies to try

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