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NewsBase’s Power Roundup Global [NRG Power]
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WELCOME to NewsBase’s Power Roundup Global (NRG Power), in which the reader is invited to join our team of international editors, who provide a snapshot of some of the key issues affecting their regional beats. We hope you will like NRG Power’s new concise format, but by clicking on the headline link for each section the full text will be available.
AfrElec: Zimbabwe’s president visits Mozam- bique, Zambia to rescue power import contracts Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is due this week to visit Mozambique and Zam- bia to secure electricity import contracts threat- ened by South Africa’s aggressive push for more power to cover a large shortfall. Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans not to panic over a power shortage that emerged in 2007, like elsewhere in southern Africa but which has intensified in recent months, leading to prolonged blackouts.
REM: US community solar market forecast to grow by 7 GWdc by 2027
The US community solar market will continue to grow over the next five years, with at least 7 GWdc of community solar expected to come online in existing markets between 2022-2027. This is according to new research by consultan- cy and research group Wood Mackenzie in col- laboration with the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA).
ENERGO: Russian grid majors RosSeti and FSK to consolidate
Russian electric grid majors RosSeti (Russian Grids) and its subsidiary Federal Grid Com- pany (FSK) have announced the terms of their long-awaited consolidation, notablythe prices for the conversion of their shares. BCS Global- Markets analysts see a “few positive develop- ments” in the consolidation of the companies, as there should be a prospective growth in li- quidity for the consolidated shares, and poten- tial cost cutting at the headquarter level.
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