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POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup utility-scale solar and battery storage. The new
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is projects added to the grid represent $9.3bn in
invited to join our team of international editors, capital investment.
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like ENERGO: Baltic states give up Russian electric-
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking ity after Nord Pool halts trade
on the headline link for each section the full text The Baltic states have now ceased importing
will be available. electricity from Russia after Europe’s Nord
Pool power exchange stopped trading in elec-
AsiaElec: China doubles coal imports from tricity from the neighbouring country, LRT.lt,
Russia the website of Lithuanian national broadcaster
Chinese imports of coal from Russia have al- LRT, reported on May 23. “Not only is it an ex-
most doubled in the March-April period, Chi- tremely important milestone for Lithuania in
nese government data showed. Based on trade its journey towards energy independence, but
data released by Refinitiv, China imported a it is also an expression of our solidarity with
total of 4.42mn tonnes of Russian coal over the Ukraine. We must stop financing the Russian
last two months, confirming Russia’s place as war machine,” Lithuanian Energy Minister
the Asian giant’s second-biggest supplier of coal Dainius Kreivys said in a statement.
with 19% of imports.

REM: US installs 6.6 GW of clean power in Q1
The United States installed 6.6 GW of new
clean power with 90 projects coming online
in the first quarter of 2022, says a new market
report from the American Clean Power Asso-
ciation (ACP). Clean power consists of wind,

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