We’re excited to announce that we’re bringing 320,000 tons of yearly CO2 removal capacity to Northwest Louisiana with two new DAC facilities! Located at the Port of Caddo-Bossier near Shreveport, the first 17,000 ton facility will come online in 2026. A separate facility will be built in the same location, with 100,000 tons of capacity to come online in 2027, and an additional 200,000 tons of capacity to come in subsequent years. This larger facility is Heirloom’s portion of Project Cypress, part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supported DAC Hub program. Here’s why this matters: 🏗️ Scaling Heirloom’s DAC solution: This is a major scale up from the 1,000 ton facility that we opened late last year as America’s first commercial DAC facility. 👷 Growing a new energy economy: Combined, these two DAC facilities will create over 1,000 jobs in Northwest Louisiana, helping to advance a new energy economy in the state and further establish America as a DAC leader. 💰 Expanding the economic impact of Project Cypress: With Heirloom’s Project Cypress facility in Northwest Louisiana and Climeworks' Project Cypress facility in Southwest Louisiana, we’re expanding statewide the economic impact and job creation potential of this DOE program. 🌎 Leveraging public investments to expand DAC: We’re leveraging the workforce and infrastructure investments that are making Project Cypress happen to add CO2 removal capacity with a privately-funded 17,000 ton DAC facility. This shows how government support can spur private investment in the CDR space and service more customer demand for high quality carbon removals. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/gN5gqdrA #DAC #CDR #CarbonRemoval #CO2 #Louisiana #Shreveport #ProjectCypress
CapturePoint is pleased to be Heirloom's carbon storage partner for their 2 new innovative DAC facilities in NW Louisiana. The captured carbon dioxide will be permanently and safely stored deep underground in the unique geology of CapturePoint's Central Louisiana Regional Carbon Storage Hub in Vernon Parish.
That's fantastic news! Bringing 320,000 tons of yearly CO2 removal capacity to Northwest Louisiana is a huge step forward. The job creation and economic impact are equally exciting, especially with the support of the DOE's DAC Hub program. It's inspiring to see how public and private investments can work together to drive significant environmental progress. 🌍💚 What other locations do you think should prioritize similar DAC projects to maximize environmental and economic benefits? #CarbonRemoval #SustainableEnergy #ProjectCypress
Exciting news! Adding 320,000 tons of yearly CO2 removal capacity in Northwest Louisiana is a huge step forward. Great to see job creation and economic growth in the new energy sector! #CarbonRemoval #Sustainability #DAC #ProjectCypress
Very interesting. Are the the 320.000 Tons a net capture (deducted of CO2 footprint of electricity and other operations impact). I am also curious about the estimated CO2 pay-back time for such a plant - looking at the picture I would assume that the foundation concrete would take more than a year.
The community needs to know the potential hazards of concentrated CO2. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1172679786/carbon-capture-carbon-dioxide-pipeline
Bravo to Heirloom! 320K tons of annual CO2 removal is the most I’ve heard to date!
Where is Heirloom getting their funding and financial backing? What roll is the Secretary of DOE play in all this funding? What oversight from Congress is engaged here? Whats the accountability for this project, qualifying this company to obtain DOE money? Ooops! -our money?
Thomas Woods
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Very proud this is coming to our area, and hope many more plants like this are built! Great effort to try to help.
Managing Director at Stellae Energy Ltd.
2wThe choice to use DAC as opposed to capturing post-combustion exhaust sources of carbon dioxide needs a full evaluation of processing energy input requirements to be a wider market (unsubsidised) choice. DAC requires over 2,000-2,400 kWh/tCO2 of energy which is material. Post-combustion captures systems have an advantage with energy required of 200-500 kWh/tCO2 and the ability to utilise waste heat of the adjacent combustion systems producing the emissions. DAC may continue to improve efficiency as research and development proceeds, but this is a big challenge given the relative concentration of CO2 in air 412ppm versus 50,000-100,000+ppm in exhaust.