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POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: First California offshore wind auction
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is tops $757mn
invited to join our team of international editors, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may U-turn on
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues allowing more onshore wind farms in England.
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like When he ran for office, Sunak – who has only
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking been in office for a month – said that he would
on the headline link for each section the full text concentrate on offshore wind. Onshore wind
ill be available. development has been all but stopped in Eng-
land because Conservative lawmakers fear local
opposition in their constituencies.
AfrElec: Bboxx signs €11mn deal to boost elec-
trification in Togo ENERGO: Russian coal exports hit fresh highs
BBoxx, a British platform that works on pro- after EU shipping sanctions were softened
viding essential products and services across Russian exports of coal have soared to fresh
Africa, has received an €11mn ($11.6mn) loan highs after the EU softened sanctions on Eu-
from the Off Grid Energy Access Fund (OGEF) ropean shipping companies, allowing them to
to ramp up clean electrification delivery in Togo. carry goods worldwide shortly after a ban was
The London-based company focuses on helping imposed in August as part of the fifth package
Africans receive essential services, such as elec- of sanctions. The fifth package was imposed in
tricity and clean water. April. It was the first package to target Russia’s
energy business, as it banned European compa-
nies from seaborne shipments of coal and went
into effect on August 10.

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