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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: Bulgaria’s first offshore wind
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking project to power gas platform.
on the headline link for each section the full text Bulgaria’s first offshore wind turbine will
will be available. be used to power an existing gas platform
in the Black Sea. The 5-MW floating wind
AfrElec: South Africa’s difficult shift from turbine, the Black Sea Floating Offshore
coal. Wind (BLOW) project, will be developed by
Coal is the lifeblood of South Africa’s economy. France’s Eolink, along with 15 European en-
It accounts for more than three-quarters of the ergy companies, including Petroceltic.
country’s electricity generation and is a major
export commodity. As of 2021, the coal mining REM: Germany launches 7-GW offshore
industry employed close to 93,000 workers, with wind tenders with negative bidding
an additional 200,000 people employed indi- Germany has launched a 7-GW offshore
rectly in the coal value chain. wind tender for projects in the North and
Baltic Seas with controversial negative bid-
AsiaElec: Geothermal power making in- ding. Commissioning of the wind farms is
roads in India scheduled for 2030. Three 2-GW sites are in
The government of India has set a target of 1bn the North Sea, and one 1-GW site is in the
tonnes of coal to be mined during the next fi- Baltic.
nancial year. Making up the lion’s share of the

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