The startup behind the first commercial facility in the U.S. to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere is planning two similar facilities in northwestern Louisiana.

On June 24, 2024, Heirloom Carbon announced plans to construct two direct air capture facilities at the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Shreveport, Louisiana. In November 2023, Heirloom announced it had begun operations at a direct air capture facility in California’s Central Valley that can capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year from the atmosphere.

The larger Shreveport facility, expected to capture approximately 300,000 metric tons of CO2 per year once fully operational, is part of Project Cypress, which is eligible for funding from the Department of Energy’s Regional Direct Air Capture Hubs program. The plant would be built in phases. Heirloom is also planning a second facility at the same site with the capacity to capture17,000 metric tons per year.