News

September 26, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded the Timberlands
Sequestration (TS) Project in Alabama with $29.4 million in funding to support site
characterization activities at the biomass carbon removal and storage project for a pulp and
paper mill in southern Alabama. The grant award will help TS advance and de-risk project
development to capture approximately 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the
mill’s flue gas, transport it through a new pipeline, and inject it deep into saline reservoirs at the
proposed storage site.
The DOE grant funding will be used to (i) acquire survey data (seismic and aerial magnetic), (ii)
drill a test well and collect rock core, (iii) perform engineering and design across the full project
(capture, transport, and storage), and (v) implement a Community Benefits Plan.
Auburn University and the University of Alabama are subrecipients of the grant award. Auburn
University will help with the capture plant integration study, and the University of Alabama will
assist TS with implementing the Community Benefits Plan.
Blue Sky’s Co-Presidents Michael Manteris and Oliver Tuckerman announced, “We are
extremely pleased to have been awarded this funding by the U.S. Department of Energy for this
unique project that will be designed to capture and permanently store large volumes of biogenic
carbon dioxide from a pulp and paper mill. We believe that the Timberlands Sequestration
Project will demonstrate the effectiveness of carbon capture and storage for the pulp and paper
industry. We look forward to working with our subrecipients and partners, Auburn University and
the University of Alabama, on this exciting project.”