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A turf war on the southwest Louisiana coast is brewing between two industries that both aim to cut carbon emissions but say their multi-million dollar projects require the same stretch of offshore real estate.
Companies that plan to store tons of carbon dioxide under vast stretches of sea floor south of Cameron Parish are objecting to an overlapping development area Louisiana granted to a Danish offshore wind energy developer last month.
The two uses likely can’t coexist, the carbon-capture companies told the state Department of Natural Resources, which signed agreements for both uses on the same footprint along state-managed waters near Holly Beach and Creole.
Virginia-based Venture Global expressed its “strong objection” to the offshore wind agreement, saying it may “complicate or impede ongoing environmental assessments, testing and the rigorous underground (carbon) injection well permitting process.”
Castex Carbon Solutions of Houston, which was also granted a large carbon dioxide storage area near Cameron, wants the DNR to make clear that its project “takes precedent” over the proposed wind farm. NOLA.com
