The DAC Hub for Appalachian Prosperity
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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Kentucky
Equity Owner
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Proponent
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University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Output
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Direct air capture
Type of electricty
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Solar PV
biomass
Capacity
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Financing
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DOE Funding: $2,9m; Non-DOE Funding: $0,7m; Total Value: $3,7m
Technology
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Technical Advisors
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Advisors
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Project Contact
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Rodney Andrews, University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)
Lawyers
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Project Cost
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Offtaker
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Commercial Operations Date
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Decommission Date
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FID
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Description
A distributed DAC hub with centralized injection/storage in eastern Kentucky.
University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, Kentucky)—along with partners that include technology developers and an experienced engineering, procurement, and construction firm; business development personnel; and local government and communities—intends to determine the feasibility of a distributed DAC hub with centralized injection/storage in eastern Kentucky. The hub is intended to use the University of Kentucky’s decoupled capture-regeneration direct air CO2 removal technology, which is powered by solar and biomass energy sources, and store the CO2 in a depleted natural gas field.