Project Bison, also known as also known as Wyoming Regional Direct Air Capture Hub, included the development of a large DAC facility in Wyoming. The project was canceled in September 2024 because of “growing competition for clean power amongst industries that are emerging much faster than anybody would have ever predicted.” Its build-out was supposed… Continue reading CarbonCapture | Project Bison
In May 2024, Capital Power discontinued the development of carbon capture technology at its Genesee Generating Station, near Warburg, Alberta. “After a detailed review of the project, we have concluded that the economics for CCS at the Genesee site do not meet our targeted risk-return thresholds,” CEO Avik Dey said, stressing that the company still… Continue reading Capital Power | Genesee CCS Project
Fulcrum’sSierra BioFuels Plant used to produce low-carbon synthetic crude oil using landfill waste as a feedstock. The crude oil product could then be refined into sustainable aviation fuel. The company had secured a USD 20m investment from SK Innovation and a USD 50m investment by SK Inc. bp had invested in Fulcrum in 2016. In… Continue reading Fulcrum | Sierra BioFuels Plant
Nutrien suspended the project in August 2023, due to higher expected capital costs of between 10 – 15% along with uncertain end-market demand. The project was initially supposed to reach a final investment decision in 2023, with construction beginning in 2024 and full production expected in 2027. The facility had a $2 billion capex and… Continue reading Nutrien | Geismar Clean Ammonia Facility
In 2020, a team of Pacific Northwest public and private organizations signed an MoU to explore the development of a large renewable hydrogen production facility in Eugene, Oregon. The partners included the Eugene Water & Electric Board, NW Natural and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. The hydrogen production facility would have demonstrated how renewable and low-carbon… Continue reading Northwest Natural | Eugene Hydrogen Project
JERA and ConocoPhillips were developing a manufacturing base in the US Gulf Coast that would have produced hydrogen on a large scale and converted it into ammonia. Plans for the plant were canceled in September 2024 following a pre-FEED study. “Our view is that the nascent lower-carbon hydrogen/ammonia market has not developed at the pace… Continue reading JERA | ConocoPhillips | Gulf Coast Ammonia Plant
Green Hydrogen International was planning on using Quebec’s offshore wind resources to establish a green ammonia proudction hub where 40,000 acres of storage grade salt had been secured. The hub would have had a 43 billion kg/year green ammonia output. GHI took down the Fleur-de-lys project from its website sometime between October and November 2023.
