Integrating Amine-Based DAC Sorbents on Activated Carbon for Energy-Efficient Regeneration by Joule-Heating
Summary
SCH Number
2025060297
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Integrating Amine-Based DAC Sorbents on Activated Carbon for Energy-Efficient Regeneration by Joule-Heating
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/6/2025
Document Description
The proposed Direct Air Capture (DAC) sorbent development project from Noya and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will advance DAC technology by integrating amines with Noya's fully electric system utilizing Joule (ohmic) heating for temperature-swing CO2 regeneration. This is a bench scale lab experiment.
Contact Information
Name
Tannis Abdoli
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Commission Agreement Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Sal Bednarz
Agency Name
Noya PBC, dba Noya Inc.
Job Title
Contract Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Oakland
Counties
Alameda
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
1901 Poplar Street and 20th Street
Zip
94607
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301;
Reasons for Exemption
California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which have negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, are categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This project involves the operation of existing laboratory facilities to create a novel amine-based sorbent for use in direct air capture (DAC) facilities. The project consists of bench-scale laboratory development of a high-performing solid sorbent that consists of an amine as an active ingredient on an extruded activated carbon support. In a lab setting the project will include demonstration and validation of sorbent cyclic capacity. Therefore, this project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA under section 15301.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306
Reasons for Exemption
California Code of Regulations, title 14, section 15306 provides that projects which consist of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project involves the operation of a laboratory to conduct data collection, research, and experimental management related to the testing of amine-based sorbents for use in direct air capture facilities. Therefore, this project is exempt from the requirements of CEQA under section 15306.
This project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; does not involve any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5; and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource. Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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