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Hydrostor Announces Offtake Agreement with California Community Power for the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center

LCG, February 12, 2026--Hydrostor today announced that the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center has signed a 50 MW offtake agreement with California Community Power (CC Power) on behalf of six of its community choice aggregator members: CleanPowerSF, Peninsula Clean Energy, Redwood Coast Energy Authority, San Jose Clean Energy, Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority and Valley Clean Energy Authority.

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VoltaGrid and INNIO Collaborate on 1.5 GW Deal for Behind-the-Meter Data Center Power Generation

LCG, February 4, 2026--Natura Resources LLC (Natura), a developer of advanced molten-salt nuclear reactors, announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with NGL Water Solutions Permian LLC, a subsidiary of NGL Energy Partners LP (NGL), to pursue opportunities to combine Natura's advanced nuclear reactor technology with thermal desalination for power production and oil and gas produced water treatment. NGL transports, treats, recycles and disposes of more than 3 million barrels per day of produced and flowback water generated from crude oil and natural gas production in the Permian Basin.

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Southern Power Breaks Ground at Biomass Project in Texas

LCG, November 11, 2009--Southern Power yesterday held the groundbreaking ceremony for its Nacogdoches Generating Facility located in Sacul, Texas. The 100-MW power plant will be fueled with biomass, and commercial operation is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2012.

Southern Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, acquired the project last month from American Renewables, LLC. Electricity generated from the power plant is committed through a 20-year, power purchase agreement (PPA) with Austin Energy, the municipal utility of Austin, Texas. Austin Energy has a 30-percent renewable energy goal by the year 2020.

The President of Southern Power stated, "This is an exciting time for Southern Power as we expand our presence in the wholesale market and diversify our fuel mix with a renewable resource....Southern Power has a reputation of helping its customers meet their energy needs in cost-effective, reliable and environmentally responsible manner and we're pleased to be a partner with Austin Energy on a project that supports their environmental goals."

When completed, the facility will burn forest residues, wood processing residues and clean municipal wood waste in a fluidized boiler to generate steam that will drive a steam turbine to generate electricity. The annual fuel required will be approximately one million tons, which is expected to be transported to the plant from within a 75-mile radius of the project site.

The construction period for the Nacogdoches facility is estimated to be approximately 32 months, and the total estimated cost of the project is between $475 million and $500 million.

The acquisition of Nacogdoches Power, LLC is a new venture for Southern Power into biomass fuels, as well as into the State of Texas. Southern Power currently owns and operates more than 7,700 MW of natural gas-fueled generation assets in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.
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