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AsiaElec NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL (NRG POWER) AsiaElec
NewsBase’s Power Roundup
Global [NRG Power]
POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: US solar module maker First Solar to
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is supply 4.9 GW to Intersect Power
invited to join our team of international editors, US solar firm First Solar has agreed to supply
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues an additional 4.9 GWDC of its thin-film pho-
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like tovoltaic modules to Intersect Power. In July
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking 2022, First Solar had agreed to sell 2.4 GW of
on the headline link for each section the full text the modules to Intersect Power, bringing Inter-
will be available. sect Power’s total orders for First Solar modules
this year to 7.3 GWDC.
AfrElec: Nigerian governors take government to ENERGO: Russian AFK Sistema investment
court over power plant sales major drops buying Fortum/Uniper assets
Thirty-six Nigerian state governors are threat- Russian multi-industry investment conglomer-
ening to take the country’s federal government ate AFK Sistema has halted negotiations on ac-
to court in order to stop the privatisation of 10 quiring Unipro Russia the renewable utility ma-
power plants. The governors, under the aegis jor from Finnish Fortum, TASS reported citing
of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, have rejected the founder of Sistema, Vladimir Evtushenkov.
the view the power plants that are part of the As followed by bne IntelliNews, Finnish renew-
National Integrated Power Projects. able energy major Fortum is rushing the sale of
its Russian assets, including Unipro Russia, and
is collecting bids from major local bidders.
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