News
LCG, October 20, 2025--Holtec International announced today that the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant site in Michigan has received new nuclear fuel – 68 assemblies in total – that achieves a major milestone on the path to restarting the plant. The 800-MW facility was shutdown and decommissioned in 2022 due primarily for economic reasons; however, Holtec is progressing towards restarting the original unit by the end of this year, pending all necessary federal regulatory reviews and approvals. Achieving a successful restart of a shutdown nuclear unit will be a historic first for the nuclear industry.
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LCG, October 14, 2025--Calpine Corporation today announced the close of a Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) loan agreement to support development of the Pin Oak Creek project, a 460-MW, natural gas-fired peaking facility adjacent to Calpine's Freestone Energy Center, a gas-fired combined-cycle facility located on approximately 506 acres near Fairfield, Texas.
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Industry News
Sempra and Indonesian Co. May Strike LNG Deal
LCG, August 14, 2003BP Migas is planning to send representatives to the U.S. in order to sell liquefied natural gas to Sempra Energy. Indonesia is one of the worlds leading LNG providers and recently signed a contract with Mexico for three to six million tons of LNG per year, starting in 2007. Indonesia currently exports over 23 million tons of LNG, mostly to Asia. BP Migas intends to meet with Sempra at the end of August and hopes to sign a preliminary agreement regarding a possible LNG contract. Meanwhile, several U.S. companies are looking into developing LNG terminals on the Pacific Coast of North America, particularly in Mexicos Baja California. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has endorsed such action, warning that a lack of natural gas may hamper economic recovery. Currently LNG comprises only one percent of the nations consumed natural gas. Sempra is based in San Diego, California and is the parent company to utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
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