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		| LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired  power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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		| LCG, October 21, 2025--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued three final Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI permits to ExxonMobil for their Rose Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project located in Jefferson County, Texas. Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, these permits allow ExxonMobil to convert three existing test wells permitted by the state to carbon dioxide (CO2) storage injection wells for long-term storage.Read more |  |  | 
                    
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    Duke's Plans for Battery Storage System Gain Momentum  
  LCG, April 15, 2011--Duke Energy Renewables will employ a $44 million dollar, 36-MW battery storage system to support its 153-MW, Notrees Wind Project located in west Texas.  Duke's spokesperson stated that it will be the world?s largest power storage system for a wind farm after it is installed late next year.
 Duke selected Xtreme Power, a manufacturer of large-scale developer of digital power systems, to design, install and operate the battery storage system.  The project is funded in part by a $22 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
 
 The Notrees Wind Project commenced service in April 2009.  The first phase of the project is rated at 90 MW and includes 55 Vestas turbines that operate at 1.65 MWs each;  the second phase is rated at 60 MW and includes forty, 1.5-MW General Electric turbines.
 
 The Duke spokesperson stated, "In addition to supplying stored renewable energy, this battery storage system will be capable of providing other key grid services, including helping smooth out the frequency of electricity traveling throughout the power grid....One of the key intents of this energy storage project is to test and demonstrate how that added flexibility can benefit renewable-power projects throughout the country."
 
 The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will support the project team and collect data to evaluate other potential grid applications.
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