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
Nuclear Plants To Be Online in China
LCG, Jan. 30, 2002--Three nuclear power plants now under construction in different parts of China are expected to be operating this year, according to a Chinese nuclear official.In the eastern province of Zhejian, testing has been taking place since last year at the Qinshan Nuclear Power Station. Operations on the second phase of the plant are to begin in June. The third phase should be brought online by the end of 2002.In Quangdong, the Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant will be that province's second largest commercial plant. The eastern Jiangsu province is home to the Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant, where major construction will take place.The projected capacity at all nuclear plants is estimated to be 6,600 megawatts by 2005. The demand for power in China's coastal regions has grown rapidly with the growth taking place in the past two decades. Nuclear power accounts for 1 percent of the national power supply, whereas in the United States and Japan, nuclear plants supply nearly 22 and over 33 percent respectively.
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