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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
Tractebel Building 1,225 Megawatts in 2 U.S. Projects
LCG, Aug. 24, 2001--The North American power project development subsidiary of Belgian utility Tractebel said yesterday that it has begun construction on two U.S. natural gas-fired merchant power plants totaling 1,225 megawatts of electricity generating capacity.Tractebel Project Development Inc. said it will build a 505 megawatt facility at Chehalis, Wash. at a cost of $360 million. The plant, located midway between Portland, Ore. and Seattle, is scheduled to commence commercial operation in late 2003, when it will begin selling its output into the Northwest Power Pool.The company will also build a $350 million, 720 megawatt power plant in Wise County, Texas, northwest of Dallas, and will serve the growing demands of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It too will be completed in late 2003, when it will start pushing power into the North Texas regional electricity market."The Chehalis and Wise County electric generation projects are important additions to Tractebel'sNorth American power portfolio. Once built, these state-of-the-art facilities will provide clean andreliable energy at competitive prices in regions where the energy is most critically needed," saidWilliam P. Utt, chief executive of Tractebel North America Inc.Both plants are being built by Reading, Pa.-based Parsons Energy and Chemicals Group Inc. under engineering, procurement, construction contracts.
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