Summary
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) to assess the potential environmental impacts for the proposed action of providing financial assistance to Battelle Memorial Institute (Battelle) to facilitate the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a portion of the Project Cypress Direct Air Capture Hub (Project Cypress). Project Cypress would demonstrate the processing, delivery, secure geologic storage, and/or conversion of, carbon dioxide (CO2) captured from the atmosphere through the utilization of contrasting Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies developed independently by Climeworks Corporation (Climeworks) and Heirloom Carbon Technologies (Heirloom), the subrecipients of the financial assistance agreement with Battelle. Project Cypress would be comprised of Cypress Southwest, demonstrating Climeworks’ DAC technology, and Cypress Northwest, demonstrating Heirloom’s DAC technology. Cypress Southwest would be located in Calcasieu Parish, LA. Cypress Northwest would be located in Caddo Parish, LA. DOE will be the lead federal agency in the preparation of the EIS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Department of Agriculture will serve as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the EIS.
This EIS has been canceled due to project modifications.
Additional Information
Learn more about DOE’s Regional Direct Air Capture Hub Program.
Additional project information is also available at Project Cypress — For a Better Net-Zero Tomorrow.