Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, California) intends to explore the feasibility of a potential DAC hub initially focused on Kern County, California and adjacent counties. The proposed hub would build upon existing low-carbon technology pilots and other proposed projects planned to occur at Chevron’s San Joaquin Valley assets.
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… Continue reading The DAC Hub for Appalachian Prosperity
Siemens Energy, Inc. (Orlando, Florida) and partners Constellation Energy, the University of California–Berkeley, and Battelle intend to explore the feasibility of a multi-technology DAC hub anchored around Siemens Energy’s solid sorbent capture technology, with smaller deployments of next-generation capture technologies planned. The Teras DAC (or “Monster” DAC) project is aligned with the targets of the… Continue reading Teras Direct Air Capture (aka “Monster” DAC)
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University —with major partners Black & Veatch, Carbon Collect, CarbonCapture, Carbon Solutions, Proton Green, University of New Mexico, University of Utah, Tallgrass, and Arizona Geological Survey—plans to develop the Southwest Regional DAC Hub to advance the design of a regional DAC hub. The hub is intended… Continue reading Southwest Regional Direct Air Capture Hub
Southern States Energy Board, in coordination with site host Alabama Power Company, plans to develop the Southeast DAC (SEDAC) Hub project to support the deployment of DAC technology in Mobile County, Alabama. The project team includes personnel from various organizations, including 8 Rivers, Aircapture, Crescent Resource Innovation, ENTECH Strategies, Georgia Tech, Mitternight, RTI International, Southern… Continue reading Southeast DAC Hub (SEDAC)
Fervo Energy Company (Houston, Texas) intends to establish the Red Rocks DAC Hub in southwest Utah. Fervo’s geothermal and carbon sequestration exploration and resource characterization activities suggest that there is more than 10 gigawatts of high-quality, economically exploitable geothermal resources available in southwest Utah, which could translate into a storage potential of up to 100… Continue reading Red Rocks DAC Hub: A Geothermal Energy-Driven Direct Air Carbon Capture and Sequestration Hub in Southwest Utah
University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) plans to demonstrate lower-cost DAC technology from Climeworks and permitted CO2 storage facilities in North Dakota at megatonne scale to catalyze and guide the development of commercial DAC plus storage facilities on the northern Great Plains. Climeworks will deploy technology to Prairie Compass Hub, which… Continue reading Prairie Compass DAC Hub — Phase 1
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… Continue reading Pelican-Gulf Coast Carbon Removal
Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) plans to test the feasibility of deploying at-scale novel DAC solutions by developing a DAC hub powered by nuclear energy for the Midwest. The Midwest is the second largest regional emitter of carbon dioxide in the United States and is home to both heavy-emitting industries and a rich ecosystem of innovation… Continue reading Midwest Nuclear DAC Hub (MINDAC)
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is leading an effort to promote technologies that can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The effort includes the development of a DAC hub in the Illinois Basin, a proven geological storage strata stretching under Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. The Illinois Basin Regional DAC Hub intends… Continue reading Illinois Basin Regional DAC Hub
