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LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.
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LCG, April 29, 2025--Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today outlining the state’s plans to administer programs related to carbon storage wells, known as Class VI wells. The MOA signing is a required step in the RRC’s application to be granted authority to permit Class VI wells in the state of Texas. EPA is currently preparing a proposed approval of RRC’s primacy application.
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Industry News
NRG Takes 50 Percent Interest In Conoco Power Project
LCG, Nov. 27, 2000--Conoco Global Power, a power plant developer subsidiary of oil company Conoco Inc., said this morning that NRG Energy Inc. would take a 50 percent interest in a Texas cogeneration plant under development.NRG will buy into Conoco's 420 megawatt natural gas-fueled SRW Cogeneration project now under construction at the Sabine River Works pertrochemical facility owned by DuPont Co. near Orange, Texas. Alan Williams, a vice president of NRG South Central Generating, said "The Sabine River Works project offers us an opportunity to diversify into gas-fired generation, the most efficient power generation available." Electricity and all the steam generated by the power plant will be sold to the DuPont SabineRiver Works plant. Electricity also will be sold to PG&E Energy Trading - Power, a subsidiaryof PG&E National Energy Group. Additional electricity will be sold on the regional wholesale market.Bechtel Energy Corp. is about halfway through building the cogenerator, according to Conoco, and the facility should begin commercial operation next summer.
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