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AfrElec NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL (NRG POWER) AfrElec

NewsBase’s Power Roundup

Global [NRG Power]

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup total will be the 780mn tonnes allocated to the
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is state-owned Coal India Ltd, local media reports
invited to join our team of international editors, say.
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like ENERGO: Serbia signs €8.5mn grant
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking agreement on Trans-Balkan electricity
on the headline link for each section the full text transmission corridor
will be available. The Serbian government said on January 23 it
has signed a grant agreement of €8.5mn with
AfrElec: South Africa turns to Turkey’s Kar- Germany’s KfW for the implementation of the
powership amid worst ever power shortag- fourth section of the Trans-Balkan electricity
es transmission corridor. The corridor is con-
South Africa has reportedly made a new ap- necting the electricity transmission systems of
proach to Turkey’s Karpowership as it seeks to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Ser-
address its worst ever power shortages, which bia with Croatia, Hungary, Romania and Italy
are causing the introduction of blackouts that through 400-kV overhead lines and submarine
last for 10 hours a day or longer. The country’s cables.
previous approach to source 1,220 MW of
emergency power from the company’s power- REM: UK’s Crown Estate signs six leases
ships became bogged down in legal challenges. for 8 GW of offshore wind projects, enough
to power 7mn homes
AsiaElec: India targets record-breaking The UK’s Crown Estate has signed six leases
coal output by FY23-24 around the coastlines of England and Wales for
The government of India has set a target of 8 GW of offshore wind projects. Together, the
1bn tonnes of coal to be mined during the next projects could power 7mn homes by 2030, said
financial year. Making up the lion’s share of the the government agency.

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