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POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup offshore wind. The auction will be the first in
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is the US off the Pacific Coast, where the ocean is
invited to join our team of international editors, so deep that floating wind turbines, a nascent
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues but fast-developing technology, will be needed.
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking ENERGO: Poland to revise coal exit schedule
on the headline link for each section the full text but will keep 2049 as deadline
will be available. Poland will delay winding down coal mines
that supply the electricity generation sector
AfrElec: Kibo seals energy storage deal in South without changing the overall deadline of 2049
Africa for exiting coal as a source of energy, a govern-
London and Johannesburg-listed renewables ment minister told local media on May 30.Po-
developer Kibo Energy has sealed an exclusive land plans to gradually bring down coal’s share
agreement with Hasta Trust of South Africa to in producing electricity from about 70% today
jointly assess and develop a portfolio of long-du- to no more than 28% in 2040 and then to zero
ration energy storage (LDES) projects in that in 2049, in a push to reduce climate-warming
country. The LDES projects are held by the carbon dioxide emissions.
National Broadband Solutions (NBS), for now
100% owned by Hasta, Kibo said, adding that it
will acquire 51% in NBS’s project portfolio.
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

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