Spiritus | Orchard One Project
USA
Announced
Overview
Status
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Announced
Region
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North America
Geography
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USA
State
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Wyoming
Equity Owner
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Spiritus, Casper Carbon Capture
Proponent
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Spiritus, Casper Carbon Capture
Output
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Carbon sequestration
Direct air capture
Type of electricty
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Capacity
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CO2 removal: 2 million tonnes of CO2/year; CO2 injectiong: 6 million metric tons /15-year period
Financing
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Technology
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Technical Advisors
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Advisors
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Project Contact
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Charles Cadieu, co-founder and CEO of Spiritus; James Burbridge, Director of Business Development at Spiritus
Lawyers
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Project Cost
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Offtaker
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Commercial Operations Date
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2026 (Phase 1)
Decommission Date
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FID
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Description
Spiritus filed for a Class VI permit application with the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for its Orchard One project in August 2024.
The project could become the world’s largest DAC facility, designed to remove 2 million tonnes of CO2 annually from the atmosphere, with first-phase operations beginning by 2026.
The permit, filed by Spiritus’ sequestration partner Casper Carbon Capture, aims to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and inject it into a deep saline aquifer located in Natrona County, Wyoming. Spiritus’ passive sorbent technology aims to reduce DAC costs to below $100 per ton.
The project plans to inject up to 6 million metric tons of CO2 over a 15-year period. The first injection will sequester CO2 at an initial rate of 50,000 metric tons per year, ramping up to a maximum of 750,000 metric tons per year.