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EPA and Texas Railroad Commission Sign Memorandum of Agreement for Permitting Geologic Storage of Carbon Dioxide

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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Calpine and ExxonMobil Sign CO2 Transportation and Storage Agreement for CCS Project in Texas

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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Aussie Firm Commissions 2 U.S. Landfill Gas Plants

LCG, Dec. 14, 2001--Energy Developments Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia said this morning it has commissioned two landfill gas-fueled power projects in the United States with a combined capacity of 23 megawatts.

The Carbon Limestone plant, situated in Lowellville, Ohio, has a 14.9 megawatt capacity, and the Lorain plant, in Oberlin, Ohio, has an output of 8.1 megawatts. The power from both plants will be purchased by wholesale electricity supplier American Municipal Power of Ohio under a long term power purchase agreement.

Putting the two plants online brings Energy Developments' total U.S. capacity to 30 megawatts, the company said, adding that worldwide it has a combined generating capacity of about 360 megawatts.

Chairman Richard Denton said at the company's annual general meeting in November that the United States will remain a key focus of its global landfill gas growth strategy.

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