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POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: Germany plans 50 GW of offshore wind
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is by 2035
invited to join our team of international editors, An agreement has been reached in Germany
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues for a higher goal of 50 GW of offshore wind
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like installations by 2035. The goal had been 40
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking GW. The agreement has been reached between
on the headline link for each section the full text the German federal government, the northern
will be available. German states and the transmission system op-
erators responsible for offshore wind grid con-
AsiaElec: Indian solar hurting without local nections.
suppliers
The head of a leading Indian renewables firm ENERGO: Poland to slow coal phase-out but
has said that the nation’s solar power industry keeps 2049 exit date unchanged
desperately needs improvements across the Poland will slow down weaning its power sec-
board in terms of local manufacturing and tor off burning coal but will nonetheless wind
supply chains. Without increased domestic in- down mining in 2049 as planned, a govern-
frastructure to help produce the base materials ment minister said on November 8. Poland is
and technology used in the installation of large- scrambling to ensure energy security amidst
scale solar projects, the nation’s current tariff challenges posed by the Russian invasion of
of just INR2.5 per unit is becoming increas- Ukraine..
ingly untenable to many in the industry, says
Prashant Jain, the joint managing director and
CEO of JSW Energy.

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