petra - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/petra/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:51:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 petra - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/petra/ 32 32 103504436 Cafe Petra Greek & Lebanese opens 2nd Katy-area location | Community Impact https://houstonnewmedia.org/cafe-petra-greek-lebanese-opens-2nd-katy-area-location-community-impact/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cafe-petra-greek-lebanese-opens-2nd-katy-area-location-community-impact Fri, 17 Oct 2025 11:51:14 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=992f90284eb28ce85e23b6667ab438f2 ... Fort Bend County extends Diwali fireworks sales through 2030 · Events 8 events to celebrate Dia de los Muertos across the Greater ... Houston · Katy ...

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]]> 1046755 Petra Nova Carbon-Capture Project Gets New Life Three Years After Closure | RBN Energy https://houstonnewmedia.org/petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-gets-new-life-three-years-after-closure-rbn-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-gets-new-life-three-years-after-closure-rbn-energy Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:43:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=78cb2ded0ed487c64ea16043eb7fb654 ... Fort Bend County, TX (green hexagon in map above). As we wrote in Still Not Dead, the project uses post-combustion technology to capture about 90 ...

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]]> 661896 Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project Gets a Second Chance at Failure – Public Citizen https://houstonnewmedia.org/petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-gets-a-second-chance-at-failure-public-citizen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-gets-a-second-chance-at-failure-public-citizen Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:17:13 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=35241216c4b4ae963e8de899bfba0253 Veronica Pina, Vice Chair of Fort Bend County Environmental, said: “Petra Nova does nothing to prevent what ash from burned coal puts in the air and ...

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]]> 659925 Petra Nova, Pioneering Power Plant Carbon Capture Unit, Is Up and Running Again, says JX Nippon https://houstonnewmedia.org/petra-nova-pioneering-power-plant-carbon-capture-unit-is-up-and-running-again-says-jx-nippon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=petra-nova-pioneering-power-plant-carbon-capture-unit-is-up-and-running-again-says-jx-nippon Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:02:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fec4bd71621b1f03a1f676475cf1e6ee Parish generating station in Fort Bend County, Texas, had been shut down since May 2020. The project restarted operations on Sept. 5, JX Nippon ...

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]]> 659560 The Petra Nova carbon-capture plant is still a wretched idea (Opinion) – Houston Chronicle https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-petra-nova-carbon-capture-plant-is-still-a-wretched-idea-opinion-houston-chronicle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-petra-nova-carbon-capture-plant-is-still-a-wretched-idea-opinion-houston-chronicle Sat, 09 Sep 2023 11:40:55 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=69b8f2e6bd0249a42ded1caaae37db57 Here in Fort Bend County, we are home to our own Premier of sorts: the Petra Nova carbon capture project, which has sat idle near Richmond for ...

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]]> 657251 NRG sells Petra Nova carbon capture project in Texas for $3.6 million | IEEFA https://houstonnewmedia.org/nrg-sells-petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-in-texas-for-3-6-million-ieefa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nrg-sells-petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-in-texas-for-3-6-million-ieefa Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:16:51 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=9aef81b53442568d557bd46027e16bb3 Houston energy company NRG has sold its stake in a massive carbon capture project at a Fort Bend County coal-fired power plant.

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]]> 426617 NRG sells stake in Petra Nova carbon capture project to Japanese company for $3.6 million https://houstonnewmedia.org/nrg-sells-stake-in-petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-to-japanese-company-for-3-6-million/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nrg-sells-stake-in-petra-nova-carbon-capture-project-to-japanese-company-for-3-6-million Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:37:41 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6d2170792c117b1eb06e3a513bb2ff97 Houston energy company NRG has sold its stake in a massive carbon capture project at a Fort Bend County coal-fired power plant to Japanese oil and ...

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]]> 425409 JX Nippon to buy NRG’s stake in Petra Nova carbon capture plant near Houston https://houstonnewmedia.org/jx-nippon-to-buy-nrgs-stake-in-petra-nova-carbon-capture-plant-near-houston/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jx-nippon-to-buy-nrgs-stake-in-petra-nova-carbon-capture-plant-near-houston Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:09:15 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b8825daa84930b38bda947c234f314ac ... and Houston-based NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) developed the $1 billion carbon capture unit at NRG's WA Parish power plant in Fort Bend County.

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