Pelican-Gulf Coast Carbon Removal

Overview

Status

Announced

Region

North America

Geography

USA

State

Louisiana

Equity Owner

Proponent

The Pelican Consortium (University of Houston, Louisiana State University, Shell, Mitsubishi Corporation)

Output

Direct air capture

Type of electricty

Capacity

CO2 captured: 1 million tons/year

Financing

DOE Funding: $2,9m; Non-DOE Funding: $1,8m; Total Value: $4,8m

Technology

Technical Advisors

Avnos (technology provider)

Advisors

Project Contact

Lawyers

Project Cost

Offtaker

Commercial Operations Date

Decommission Date

FID

Description

Louisiana State University intends to evaluate the feasibility of building a DAC hub in Louisiana that would remove CO2 already in the atmosphere and permanently store it. The Pelican consortium includes the University of Houston, Shell, and Mitsubishi Corporation, which announced its participation in April 2024.

Shell US Gas & Power is leading the overall engineering and deployment as part of the project.

The project aims to eliminate 1 million tons of CO2 annually through DAC and underground storage.

The US Department of Energy awarded a grant for the project feasibility study in 2023.

April 17, 2024

Mitsubishi to participate in Louisiana DAC project

Mitsubishi Corporation will participate in the Pelican Gulf Coast Carbon Removal Project, according to a news release. The project, whose participants include Louisiana State University, Shell, and the University of...

February 27, 2024

Technology in focus: Avnos’ hybrid direct air capture uses water instead of heat

One of the challenges of direct air capture (DAC), the new technology that promises to extract carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the air all around us, is that it needs...