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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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Recurrent Energy Achieves Commercial Operation of 100-MW Mustang Solar Power Project

LCG, August 25, 2016--Canadian Solar Inc. Tuesday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, has reached commercial operation of the Mustang solar photovoltaic (PV) power project, which is located on a 1,000-acre site in Kings County, California. The renewable energy generated by the 100-MW project will be sold under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) to Sonoma Clean Power and MCE.

Canadian Solar;s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer stated, "The commercial operation of the Mustang solar project continues a historic year that will see Recurrent Energy complete more than one gigawatt of U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) projects."

Canadian Solar acquired Recurrent Energy, the solar project developer, from Sharp Corporation for $265 million early last year. Recurrent Energy announced that it had secured financing for the Mustang solar power project last September.
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