News
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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LCG, April 24, 2025--Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) announced yesterday an agreement with Calpine Corporation (Calpine) to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons per annum (MTA) of CO2 from Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center, a natural gas-fired facility located near Houston, Texas. This is part of Calpine’s Baytown Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project that is designed to add CCS for the facility’s CO2 emissions. The Calpine facility could then provide a 24/7 supply of low-carbon electricity to the Texas grid plus steam to nearby industrial facilities.
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Industry News
PSEG India Plant Begins Producing Power
LCG, June 12, 2001--Tanir Bavi Power Co., a joint venture between the PSEG Global unit of U.S. utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group and the GMR Vasavi Group of India, announced yesterday that it had begun simple cycle operation of 170 megawatts of its planned 220 megawatt combined-cycle plant located on a barge south of Mangalore in the state of Karnataka, India.A joint venture of PSEG Global and GMR Vasavi Group will operate the plant, which is expected to begin combined cycle operation in July.The barge was assembled by Hyundai in Korea and then shipped to the Mangalore Coast. Tanir Bavi Power Co. has a power purchase agreement with the Karnataka State Electricity Board andescrow support from the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd.If PSEG runs into problems with the Karnataka State Electricity Board, similar to those which beset Enron Corp.'s Dabhol Power Co. with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, the barge may make it possible to tow the whole operation to a more investor-friendly venue.
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