Project overview
Project WyoTCH—the Wyoming Trails Carbon Hub (WyoTCH, pronounced “Watch”)—will develop a carbon management roadmap for Wyoming focused on the concept of “No Carbon Left Behind” (no stranded CO2, now or in the future). The Carbon Blueprint will serve as a set of lessons learned for how other development teams can form open-access carbon hubs across the nation to help meet the Nation’s climate and energy goals.
Project WyoTCH hub aims to develop multiple pathways to capture, transport, and store tens of millions of tonnes of CO2 a year (10s MtCO2/yr) in Phase I from a diverse range of facilities across Wyoming. Ultimately, the Roadmap supports Wyoming becoming the world’s largest carbon management hub.
The carbon hub will visualize and analyze hundreds/thousands of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure scenarios, identifying key thresholds for policies, investments, and risk and how these get wrapped up in developing a robust business case. Refining these scenarios will involve direct feedback from the community through active engagement with key stakeholder groups. Although the Roadmap will identify the preferred Business Case for Project WyoTCH, the information in the report will show how a different Business Case could be arrived at for different regions (e.g., regions with different sources, communities, and storage options).
