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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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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
Progress Energy Moves Ahead with Nuclear Reactors in North Carolina
LCG, February 20, 2008--Progress Energy Carolinas (Progress) yesterday announced that it will file later that day a combined construction and operating license (COL) application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to construct two more nuclear reactors at the existing Harris Nuclear Plant site in North Carolina.
By obtaining the COL, Progress would have the option to construct the nuclear reactors that would provide baseload, power generation without emitting greenhouse gases. If Progress decides to construct the new facilities, the new plant would commence operations in 2018 at the earliest.
In January 2006 Progress announced it had selected Westinghouse to supply the reactors for the expansion at Harris Nuclear Plant in the Carolinas. Progress Florida announced in July 2006 that it had selected Westinghouse for proposed new reactors in Florida that would be constructed near its existing Crystal River Energy Complex. Progress Florida plans to file a needs case with the Florida Public Service Commission in early 2008. With timely regulatory approvals, Progress estimates that the new reactors in Florida could commence operations by 2016 to 2017.
The Westinghouse reactor is the AP1000, an 1,100 MW reactor design that incorporates passive safety features that rely upon natural forces. The NRC approved the Design Certification for the AP1000 standard nuclear plant design on December 30, 2005.
The AP1000 has been selected other companies, including: Southern Company, Duke, SCANA and Santee Cooper as the basis for additional COL applications to construct new nuclear reactors. Last December Duke submitted a COL application to the NRC for the William States Lee III Nuclear Station, which would be built at a greenfield site in South Carolina. Duke's COL application relies upon the COL application submitted October 31, 2007 to the NRC by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and NuStart Energy, a consortium of nuclear energy companies, to build two nuclear reactors at TVA's Bellefonte site in northern Alabama.
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