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LCG, December 18, 2025--RWE and Indiana Michigan Power Company (I&M), an American Electric Power (AEP) company, today announced their partnering to provide new wind power generation capacity online to meet Indiana’s growing electricity demand. The companies signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the total output from RWE’s 200 MW Prairie Creek wind project in Blackford County, Indiana. I&M will purchase electricity from the wind project, which will further diversify its portfolio and be consistent with its all-of-the-above strategy to secure generation for its rapidly growing electricity demand.
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LCG, December 16, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced today that it has renewed the operating licenses of Constellation LLC’s Clinton Unit 1 in Clinton, Illinois, and Dresden Units 2 and 3, near Morris, Illinois, for an additional 20 years beyond the current expiration dates. The combined capacity of these three, Illinois-based nuclear units is 2,925 MW, and the operating license extension will enable the units to generate carbon-free power through about 2050.
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DOE to Fund Clean Coal Projects with $316 Million
LCG, January 16, 2003-The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced yesterday that new funding will go to so-called "clean coal" projects.In keeping with his administration's "Clear Skies" environmental policy, President George W. Bush has set aside 10 years and $2 billion to develop coal technology in order to make coal a viable source of clean energy.Over fifty percent of U.S. power comes from coal-fired plants, and the U.S. has 23 percent of the world's recoverable coal reserves. However, coal is one of the dirtiest sources of electricity available, both in terms of emissions and storage.Some people have proposed coal gasification as a viable direction for coal, a process by which solid coal is converted via steam-related chemical reactions into carbon monoxide and hydrogen. According to the DOE, impurities can be converted into useful materials to be used as fertilizers, industrial chemicals, and in construction, while the resulting fuel can be burned relatively cleanly in an efficient, combined-cycle process.The DOE asserts on its website, www.fe.doe.gov, that the process of coal gasification yields recoverable carbon dioxide, unlike natural gas combustion. Increasing carbon dioxide levels are commonly pointed to as likely components of global warming, and simply the ability to capture carbon dioxide instead of emitting it into the atmosphere would be an advancement.In addition, the production of hydrogen, if recoverable, implies that coal gasification can be a source of the cleanest fuel possible. Hydrogen and oxygen, when combined, yield energy and water without any harmful side products.The DOE does not mention any harmful side reactions in the process of coal gasification or whether or not any major byproducts will become waste.Opponents of the Bush Administration's "Clear Skies" environmental plan have much to say regarding its approach, from asserting that it moves too slowly to counter serious global environmental problems, to criticizing a lack of funding for wind and solar projects.The DOE will send about $316 million to eight clean coal projects. Various companies nationwide are working on cleaner and more efficient coal-burning techniques, and the eight companies benefiting are involved with several aspects of clean coal research.
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