CarbonCapture Inc., which had wanted to build one of the world’s largest direct air capture of carbon dioxide and storage projects in southwestern Wyoming, is pulling the plug on development of the complex in the Cowboy State.
“We’ve been seeing growing competition for clean power amongst industries that are emerging much faster than anybody would have ever predicted,” said Adrian Corless, CEO of CarbonCapture, a Los Angeles-based clean technology company.
CarbonCapture cited “intense competition from data centers” in the region for electricity as partially the reason why it is moving from Wyoming.
“This has acutely affected our efforts in Wyoming, and as a result, we’ve decided to pause our development of Project Bison and to relocate the deployment of our first-of-a-kind project outside the state,” Corless said.
A new location will be announced in coming months, Corless said.
The clean power requirements for Project Bison were said to be a main reason for the move, possibly requiring as much as three times what could be generated by the 345-megawatt Natrium nuclear reactor being built in Kemmerer, Wyoming, by the billionaire Bill Gates-backed TerraPower LLC.
A CarbonCapture spokeswoman declined to respond to questions regarding the project.
