FEED Study for Climeworks Direct Air Capture at a California Geothermal Facility with Long-Term Storage

OBrien, Kevin; Dietsch, Jason

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Title

FEED Study for Climeworks Direct Air Capture at a California Geothermal Facility with Long-Term Storage

Author(s)

• OBrien, Kevin
• Dietsch, Jason

Contributor(s)

• Climeworks,
• Nuber, Dirk
• Sutter, Daniel
• Mitchum, James
• Mihordin, Ron
• Kiewit,
• Aines, Roger
• Bourcier, William
• Li, Wenqin
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
• Roberts, Daryl-Lynn
• Visage Energy,
• Whitezell, Marc
• Sentinel Peak Resources,
• Sullivan, Bob
• Ormat,

Issue Date

2022

Keyword(s)

• Direct air carbon capture -- California
• Carbon dioxide capture
• CO2 capture

Geographic Coverage

Brawley, California

Abstract

The University of Illinois, in partnership with Climeworks, Visage Energy, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will execute and complete a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study of an advanced direct air capture (DAC) system that is capable of removing and storing 5,000 tonnes/year of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air based on cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The DAC system will be co-located with an existing (retrofit) geothermal plant in Brawley, California for utilization of the thermal energy for DAC operation. The DAC system consists of an adsorption-desorption process to remove CO2 from ambient air by using a selective filter. The project team will complete the FEED study, including a detailed cost estimate, a Business Case Analysis (BCA), Technology Maturation Plan (TMP), LCA, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Analysis, Environmental Justice Analysis, Economic Revitalization and Job Creation Outcomes Analysis, and Workforce Readiness Plan. This project will enable the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to better understand system costs and performance, as well as business case options for DAC technologies integrated with a geothermal resource that provides a source of thermal energy for the regeneration of DAC materials. The project will provide a basis for the subsequent deployment of DAC systems to support the United States in achieving a carbon emissions-free power sector by 2035 and a net-zero carbon economy by 2050, in addition to helping promote the creation of clean energy or manufacturing jobs located in power plant or industrial communities that are economically distressed and/or have been disproportionately harmed by adverse environmental impacts of the energy industry.

Publisher

U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory

Has Part

https://netl.doe.gov/project-information?p=FE0032159

Series/Report Name or Number

Climeworks Direct Air Capture at a California Geothermal Facility with Long-Term Storage

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

U.S. Department of Energy ; DE-FE0032159

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