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COMMENTARY
EU takes carbon pricing initiative with CBAM 4
NUCLEAR
Russia denies any delay in Egypt’s El-Dabaa nuclear project 6
MINI- GRIDS
Nigeria’s PowerGen secures $9mn projectfinancing for mini-grid project 7
BIOFUELS
Eni, Kenyan Ministry of Petroleum sign MoU on biofuel processing
capacity 8
RENEWABLES
Oyster Bay wind farm begins operation in South Africa 9
IRENA points to resilient and sustainable potential of offshore wind 9
KenGen aims to build 682 MW of geothermal in four years 10
NEWS IN BRIEF 11
NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 14
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