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Global [NRG Power]

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup the US off the Pacific Coast, where the ocean is
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is so deep that floating wind turbines, a nascent
invited to join our team of international editors, but fast-developing technology, will be needed.
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like ENERGO: Poland to revise coal exit schedule
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking but will keep 2049 as deadline
on the headline link for each section the full text Poland will delay winding down coal mines
will be available. that supply the electricity generation sector
without changing the overall deadline of 2049
AsiaElec: BlueFloat Energy enters Taiwan off- for exiting coal as a source of energy, a govern-
shore wind market ment minister told local media on May 30.Po-
BlueFloat Energy has entered the Taiwanese land plans to gradually bring down coal’s share
offshore wind market, unveiling a project of in producing electricity from about 70% today
more than 1 GW for the East Asian island na- to no more than 28% in 2040 and then to zero
tion’s much-anticipated Round 3 market auc- in 2049, in a push to reduce climate-warming
tion. Spain-based BlueFloat said the project, carbon dioxide emissions.
named Winds of September, would be off the
Hsinchu region. Strong winds blow across the
region every September.

REM: Biden administration proceeds with plan
for first auction of offshore wind tracts off Cal-
ifornia
The Biden administration is proceeding with
a plan for the first lease sale off California for
offshore wind. The auction will be the first in

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