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NewsBase’s Power Roundup

Global [NRG Power]

POWER WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup REM: US Solar Manufacturers Seeking Tar-
Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is iffs On SE Asian Imports Seek To Remain
invited to join our team of international editors, Anonymous
who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues An anonymous group of US solar companies
affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like seeking import tariffs on panels made by Chi-
NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking nese companies in three Southeast Asian na-
on the headline link for each section the full text tions has identified its members to Department
will be available. of Commerce officials, reports Reuters. But the
group has asked to remain anonymous to the
AsiaElec: South Korea Under Pressure To public, because it says its members fear retalia-
Phase Out Coal Power tion from Beijing.
South Korean civil society groups have called
on the government to accelerate the retirement ENERGO: Belarus Plans Second Unit For
of existing coal plants and block the construc- Ostrovets NPP In 2022
tion of new projects. Belarus plans to commission the second unit
for its Ostrovets (aka Astravets) nuclear power
plant (NPP) in 2022, Belarus’ Energy Minister
Viktor Karankevich said during the Belarusian
energy and ecology forum Energy Expo 2021
on October 12, BelTA reports.

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