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Texas plan to stop next grid disaster could cost customers billions
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Texas plan to stop next grid disaster could cost customers billions

"And because key details remain unclear about how NRG and Exelon’s LSEO plan would assess the costs of paying generators to remain available to provide power during grid emergencies, it’s possible that the plan could drive up costs to wholesale energy market participants by as much as $30 billion in 2025, the report finds."

U.S. Coal Plant Closures Continue, While China Rapidly Builds More
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U.S. Coal Plant Closures Continue, While China Rapidly Builds More

Darrell Proctor writes for Power about coal plant closures in the United States. “China announced the new-builds during the first half of this year, despite the country’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2060. Chinese officials have said they are looking at an emissions peak for the country before 2030.” Read the full article here.

NET Power Announces its First Utility-Scale Clean Energy Power Plant Integrated with CO2 Sequestration
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NET Power Announces its First Utility-Scale Clean Energy Power Plant Integrated with CO2 Sequestration

"NET Power’s transformational technology produces power while inherently capturing nearly all emissions with its patented oxy-fuel combustion and supercritical CO2 cycle. These plants produce clean, on-demand power at low cost and address critical issues of air quality and land use, virtually eliminating air emissions including nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (SOx), and carbon dioxide (CO2)."

Carbon Engineering begins work on supporting multi-million tonne Direct Air Capture facilities in South Texas
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Carbon Engineering begins work on supporting multi-million tonne Direct Air Capture facilities in South Texas

"CE has been contracted by its U.S. development partner, 1PointFive, for the front-end planning and engineering of a one-megatonne DAC facility that is intended to be replicated into multi-million tonne deployments. The design is being adapted from the first large-scale, commercial facility to use CE’s DAC technology, which is already under construction in the Texas Permian Basin, and is anticipated to form the basis of accelerated large-scale deployments in the U.S."

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