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NewsBase’s Power Roundup

Global [NRG Power]

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup slowed substantially in the second quarter as
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is policy headwinds, economic factors facing the
invited to join our team of international editors, industry, and trade issues hit project development
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues and increased the backlog of new project delays,
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like according to American Clean Power Association’s
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking (ACP) Clean Power Quarterly Market Report Q2
on the headline link for each section the full text 2022.Since the end of 2021, more than 32.4 GW of
will be available. clean power projects have been delayed and have
not yet achieved commercial operation, said the
AsiaElec: Chinese coal-fired capacity increases report.
China has given the thumbs up to over 8.5 GW
of new coal-powered facilities in the first quar- ENERGO: Estonia’s Elering builds new infra-
ter of the year; a number equal to almost half structure to ensure smooth departure from
of all new coal projects throughout 2021.Fol- Russian system
lowing President Xi’s comments in April 2021, Estonian transmission system operator Eler-
figures released for the whole of last year saw ing announced it is assembling three synchro-
approvals on new coal-fired installations down nous condenser stations in Estonia to expedite
a full 58% on 2020. the Baltic countries’ connection to the grid of
continental Europe. The first synchronous con-
REM: American Clean Power: more than 32 denser is scheduled to be operational in April
GW of clean energy projects in US delayed next year, ERR.ee, the website of Estonian na-
The rate of clean energy deployment in the US tional broadcaster ERR.

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