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LCG, April 30, 2026--OG&E, the operating subsidiary of OGE Energy Corp., announced today that it will power three new data centers that Google announced in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma last year. As part of the agreement, Google will also make power generation capacity available from two solar facilities in Stephens and Muskogee Counties that are currently under construction. The data centers and associated Electric Service Agreements are expected to provide economic growth for local communities and the state, contribute to grid stability, and benefit OG&E's current customers.
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LCG, April 29, 2026--Graphic Packaging Holding Company today announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. With the VPPA agreement, NextEra Energy Resources plans to build the Selenite Springs Energy Center, a 250-MW solar energy facility in West Texas, and Graphic Packaging will be the sole buyer of the facility's renewable energy attribute certificates. Graphic Packaging, a global provider of sustainable consumer packaging, expects the agreement to cover approximately 43 percent of its 2025 electricity usage in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement will advance Graphic Packaging's commitment to source renewable electricity and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Industry News
Google Announces Gas-fired Broadwing Energy Project with CCS
LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
Google states that they are advancing a broad portfolio of new energy technologies to support their growth and enable a reliable, affordable, clean energy future. The key energy sources and technologies identified by Google to commercialize are enhanced geothermal, advanced nuclear and long duration energy storage. In addition, natural gas with CCS is targeted as a critical source of clean firm power.
The Broadwing gas-fired, power generation project is located at an industrial facility run by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), which has nearly a decade of experience safely storing CO2 from ethanol production. The project will supply low-carbon electricity to Google and ADM and steam for processing operations by ADM. More than 90 percent of the CO2 generated by the power plant will be captured and permanently stored in ADM's adjacent EPA-approved Class VI sequestration facilities. The Broadwing project is scheduled to commence construction in 2026 and achieve commercial operation by early 2030.
ADM states that its Decatur CCS operations have included capturing CO2 from one of ADM's nearby corn-processing plants, and then injecting it more than 5,550 feet underground for permanent sequestration. Over the past decade, ADM, working with government, academic and industrial partners, has safely sequestered approximately 4.5 million metric tons of CO2.
Broadwing is the first project in a longer-term collaboration with project developer Low Carbon Infrastructure (LCI), a portfolio company of leading infrastructure investor, I Squared Capital, to develop future CCS facilities in the U.S. and demonstrate how to deploy CCS projects for power generation at commercial scale.
Google states that its goal is to help bring promising new CCS solutions to the market while learning and innovating quickly. Google plans on its collaboration with LCI to help fast-track critical technical and operational improvements, from continuing to raise CO2 capture rates to improving system performance and economics.
To provide environmental transparency, Google will incorporate in the project a newly-released standard for CCS-specific Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs), which have been developed to ensure CCS projects can be accurately quantified in emissions reporting.
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