Happy Monday! Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog!
Sorry we were out of the office
last week, nonetheless we are back in the saddle again with more interesting things
happening around the Energy and Maritime industries. Let get stated!
By now you probably realize we
like energy as well as updates for our previous blogs. We blogged about nuclear energy starting to
catch on in Texas back last November and we had an update back in May with our Texas
Legislature adding to its agenda discussion establishing the Texas Advanced
Nuclear Energy Office and Advanced Nuclear Innovation Fund well these discussions
turned in adopted legislation. In the
same Blog, we updated you on the buzz of a nuclear project at Abilene Christian
University (ACU) and Natura Resources and their secondary joint project with Texas
Tech University (TTU), and Texas Produced Water Consortium using nuclear energy
to power TTU’s produced water desalination system project. Well, they are in the news again with a
little update on their progress!
Did anyone happen to read The
Houston Chronicle’s Fuel Fix Newsletter on July 21, 2025, they republished
an article from mrt (Midland Reporter-Telegram) titled, “Texas Tech,
Abilene Christian receiving funding for produced water research”? In the article, it speaks on the progress the
joint project between Texas Tech University (TTU), Abilene Christian University,
Natura Resources and Texas Produced Water Consortium has made acquiring some
funding from the state of Texas. Adopted
House Bill 500 included $120 million for funding for TTU to advance the water
desalination project, and a sub-appropriation to help with building Molten Salt
Research Reactor (MSR -1) at ACU. The ACU
project plans will be powering the TTU’s desalinated water system project with Natura
Resource’s MSR-1 which will located at Abilene Christian University. The funding will help further the building of
the MSR-1 which currently has its site prepared and substructure in place. The goal of the joint project is to show how produced
water may have a new cost effective and environmentally friendly purpose after
desalination with the use of a clean energy. Well, it looks like their nuclear energy is
progressing well in Texas, and we wish them luck in showing how new clean innovations
may help power Texas as well as showing us a use for produced water. If you would like to read more of the article
reprinted from mrt, please click the link: TexasTech, ACU receive funding for produced water research.
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