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LCG, May 1, 2025--Holtec International (Holtec) announced the signing on April 29 of a strategic cooperation agreement with the State of Utah and Hi Tech Solutions, a leading nuclear services provider based in Kennewick, Washington, to collaborate in the deployment of Holtec's SMR-300s (small modular reactor) in Utah and the broader Mountain West region. Hi Tech will play a leading role in the project development and workforce training to support the rise of new nuclear power generation in the region.
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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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Industry News
New Legislation Proposed in U.S. Senate for Offshore Wind ITC
LCG, August 4, 2017--New legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate to create an investment offshore wind tax credit of 30 percent for the first 3,000 MW of offshore wind facilities placed into service in the U.S. The legislation would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the incentive to the generate electricity from offshore wind.
Offshore wind projects are defined in the legislation as any facility located in the inland navigable waters of the U.S., including the Great Lakes, or in the coastal waters of the U.S., including the territorial seas of the U.S., the exclusive economic zone of U.S., and the outer Continental Shelf of the U.S. Once a credit is awarded, companies would have five years to install the wind facility.
In the current law, the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, Congress amended Section 45 of the tax code to extend production tax credits (PTC) for all wind projects for five years, first phasing-down and then ending December 31, 2019. The PTC is available for 10 years after the date the facility is placed into service.
With the new bill, in lieu of the PTC, companies may claim an ITC for qualifying wind facilities. As a result, any producer that starts construction on a wind facility before December 31, 2019, can claim either the PTC or the ITC. Companies would be prohibited from receiving other production or investment tax credits in addition to the offshore wind ITC created under the bill.
The new bill could reduce costs associated with projects developed to meet the requirements of state energy plans and legislation, such as Massachusetts' Energy Diversity Act, which requires the procurement of approximately 1,600 MW of offshore wind power by 2027, and New York's Offshore Wind Master Plan, which calls for a commitment to develop up to 2,400 MW of offshore wind power by 2030.
Massachusetts utilities, in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), jointly issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for long-term contracts for offshore wind energy projects in June 2017. The RFP calls for bidders to offer from a total of 400 MW of offshore wind energy capacity to up to approximately 800 MW.
Europe is far ahead of the U.S. in developing offshore wind farms, with approximately 14,000 MW now installed. In 2016, Europe installed 1,558 MW of new offshore wind, with cumulative capacity reaching 12,631 MW. This year, a total of 1,300 MW of offshore wind farms were installed through June, comprised of 18 projects in four EU Member States (Germany, UK, Belgium and Finland).
The scale of current offshore wind turbine technology and wind farms is impressive. In May, the Burbo Bank Extension Project, a new offshore wind farm in Liverpool Bay, UK, opened on and became the first offshore wind farm to make commercial use of the MHI Vestas V164-8.0 MW wind turbines. The 8-MW wind turbines are massive, measuring 195 meters from sea level to blade tip. Each blade weighs 35 metric tonnes and measures 80 meters long. The maximum output for the Burbo Bank Extension Project is 258 MW.
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