Heirloom Carbon Technologies, a startup company that licensed technology for efficient CO2 capture and removal from Penn, Columbia University and University of British Columbia, announced the first phase of a decarbonization project to create two Direct Air Capture (DAC) facilities in North Western Louisiana, with a combined ability to remove nearly 320,000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year. The Penn licensed technology was developed by Penn Engineering Professor Jennifer Wilcox, PhD, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Policy, her graduate student Noah McQueen, and collaborators at Columbia University and University of British Columbia.
The first facility, which will have a CO2 removal capacity of ~17,000 tons per year, is expected to be operational in 2026. The second 300,000 ton per year facility will be built in phases, with the first 100,000 tons of capacity expected to come online in 2027. These facilities will expand upon the company’s first DAC facility in California, which is the only commercial DAC facility currently operating in the US. Read more here.