Programmes and agreements / prg-us-maryland-mea-xenergy-coal-to-nuclear-study
Maryland Energy Administration grant study of repurposing a Maryland coal plant with X-energy's Xe-100
The Maryland Energy Administration awarded grants in June 2022 to X-energy and Frostburg State University to evaluate repurposing a specific Maryland coal-fired plant with X-energy's Xe-100 SMR, with findings due later that year. The coal plant was not named and no proposal, order or licence application followed in the sources read.
- Type
- Feasibility or siting study
- Countries concerned
- United States
- Region named by the sources
- Maryland
- Participants and roles
- Government: Maryland Energy Administration
- Developer or vendor: X-energy
- Research: Frostburg State University
- Designs named
- Xe-100
- Scale as stated
- Not stated by the sources
- Announced or first reported
- 14 Jun 2022
- Status
- Status not established
State grant study of a specific (unnamed) coal plant, joint analysis was due later in 2022, outcome not verified. - Confidence
- medium
- Last checked
- 2026-10-14 (record review date, not proof of current activity)
Related deployment projects
- No related deployment project is recorded here.
Sources
- X-energy Partners with Maryland to Study Coal to Nuclear Replacement Opportunities in State (company_primary, published 14 Jun 2022, accessed 2026-10-14)
- Maryland and X-energy to study coal-to-nuclear switch (reputable_press, published 15 Jun 2022, accessed 2026-10-14)