PROJECT CYPRESS
For a Better Net-Zero Tomorrow
Combining Direct Air Capture technology & geologic storage
Named for the cypress trees that clean our air and guard the Gulf Coast, Project Cypress will remove excess carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to prevent worsening extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, droughts, and floods, in the long term.
The project combines direct air capture (DAC) technology and proven geologic storage capacities with a talented local workforce to make Southwest Louisiana a leader in deploying a new generation of clean industry.
Project Cypress is one of the first DAC hubs supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Regional DAC Hubs program. Science and industry agree that DAC projects are an urgent necessity to remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere. DAC is an important climate solution that will help the United States reach a balance between how much CO2 is emitted and how much CO2 is removed, achieving net-zero emissions.
None of the CO2 Project Cypress removes will be used to enable fossil fuel extraction through methods like enhanced oil recovery.
Achieving net-zero emissions
The details
Direct Air Capture (or DAC) is a technology that removes carbon dioxide directly from the air. The expert and industry consensus is that DAC has become an urgent necessity to help limit climate change by removing legacy carbon emissions already in the atmosphere as well as those emissions that are difficult to avoid in hard-to-abate sectors.
Unlike carbon capture, which is situated at a point source, like a factory or power plant smokestack, and prevents emissions from entering the atmosphere (emissions reductions), DAC removes CO2 that has already been emitted into the atmosphere directly from the air (carbon dioxide removal). None of the CO2 Project Cypress removes will be used to enable fossil fuel extraction through methods like enhanced oil recovery.
Who’s working on Project Cypress?
The Project Cypress team consists of Battelle, the world’s largest, independent, nonprofit applied science and technology organization, which has built a reputation for delivering successful large-scale projects for nearly 100 years, and leading clean technology developers Climeworks and Heirloom.
