We are proud to unveil, BANTAM, our first DAC facility!
After ~13 months of development and thousands of hours of onsite construction and preparation in Oklahoma, we are proud to announce the completed construction and launch of Bantam.
Bantam has the capacity to remove more than 5000 tons of CO2 per year from the air, making it the current largest DAC facility in America and second largest facility in the world. All-in 💵 cost is lower, 🚧 construction was faster, and scale is larger than anyone thought possible.
Heimdal has officially stepped into the ring 🥊.
On Tuesday we celebrated our “ribbon cutting” by pouring our first batch of sorbent granules onto our prepared fields with a quorum of partners, industry experts, local and state leaders and elected officials, Osage and Kaw Nation attendees, and more.
Our enormous gratitude to everyone who came and participated in our event, including (but certainly not limited to):
- Deputy Secretary of Energy Scott Mason and Deputy Secretary of Environment Victoria Tran from Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, who helped us pour the first batch of sorbent, ready to collect CO2.
- CapturePoint LLC Chief Development Officer Cole Wright, Oklahoma State Senator Bill Coleman, and Oklahoma State Representative Jim Grego for thoughtful and poignant in-person remarks alongside our CEO Marcus Lima and CTO Chris Mitchell.
- White House Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation John Podesta, Senator Markwayne Mullin, Congressman Frank Lucas, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell, Oklahoma House Democratic Leader Cyndi A. Munson, M.S., and Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Charles McCall III, for video remarks and support.
- Oklahoma Congressional Officials Grant Green, Dave Rader , Eric Roberts, Nick Archer, John Waldron, Dana Prieto, Suzanne Schreiber, and Mark Tedford for joining us in person for the celebration.
- Attendees and leaders from Osage Nation, Kaw Nation, Ponca City, and Shidler for welcoming us to the state and region and for engaging with us on this exciting journey.
- All of the partners who helped make Bantam possible to date; apologies for not naming everyone, there are too many for one post!
Our immense gratitude as well to our partner, CapturePoint LLC, for their consistent and essential support in constructing Bantam and helping plan and execute our successful launch.
This is only the beginning of our journey…now we actually have to capture some carbon! But we are in a unique position: we are ready to go, right now.
Press Release: https://lnkd.in/g4Mfzm-J