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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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LCG, April 21, 2025--NovaSource Power Services ("NovaSource") recently announced that it has partnered with Doral Renewables and has been selected as the Operations and Maintenance ("O&M") and Generator Operator ("GO") for the Mammoth Solar Project, one of the largest agrivoltaics facilities in the United States.
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Industry News
FPL Pursues More Gas-fired Power Generation in Florida
LCG, December 7, 2007--Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) yesterday announced plans to add power generation capacity in 2011 to meet the growing demand for electricity in Florida.
FPL stated that it will either install a third, natural gas-fired, power generation unit at its existing West County Energy Center in Palm Beach County or purchase power from another entity. The new unit would add approximately 1,250 MW to the station, where FPL is now building two units that are scheduled to commence operation in 2009 and 2010.
To explore and evaluate the ability of third-parties to supply future firm energy and capacity requirements, FPL will today issue a "request for proposals" (RFP) notice to solicit proposals, with power deliveries commencing in the period from June 2011 through June 2012.
The ability of Florida utilities to provide adequate supply to consumers in the state in the next decade is becoming a concern. This year, the State's interest to develop fuel diversity by the addition of coal-fired generation has evaporated. Since taking office in January 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist has raised concerns regarding the threat of climate change and the use of fossil fuels, specifically coal.
This year, utility plans to construct approximately 4,400 MW of new, coal-fired generation that would deliver power to the grid by 2014 have been blocked or shelved. Last month, for example, Southern Company announced that construction of an advanced, coal-fired power plant employing integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) technology was halted in Florida. According to Southern Company, the decision was driven by continuing uncertainty surrounding potential state regulations relating to greenhouse gas emissions.
Southern's canceled plans follow the path of other coal-fired projects in Florida. In June, the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) reached a decision to not approve the two, 980-MW, coal-fired plants proposed by FPL in Glades County.
In July, a group of community-owned, power entities (Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), JEA, Reedy Creek Improvement District, and the City of Tallahassee) suspended permitting activities for the Taylor Energy Center, an 800-MW, coal-fired power plant to have been built in Taylor County, Florida. Tampa Electric, the principal subsidiary of TECO Energy, also announced in July that it will cancel plans to construct the proposed 632-MW, coal-fired Polk Unit 6 in Florida.
In August, a 750-MW, coal-fired plant proposed by Seminole Electric Cooperative and approved by the FPSC was denied a site certification by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP).
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