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Tenaska updates Liberty County on Tiny Woods carbon-capture project; court takes no action
Summary
Tenaska representatives presented an update on the Tiny Woods Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Hub, describing land leasing progress, permitting steps with EPA, Railroad Commission and TCEQ, project footprint and economic estimates; after the presentation the Commissioners voted to take no action.
Jesse Freeman, director of development for Tenaska, told the Liberty County Commissioners Court that the company has advanced leasing and permitting steps for the Tiny Woods Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Hub and expects construction at the earliest in the middle to end of next year if permits are granted.
Freeman said the project team has completed most land leases in the project footprint — “probably around 50 to 60 families” — and has submitted permit applications to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He told the court those reviews are ongoing and said he expects the permitting process to move “in the right direction” with approvals possible by the end of the year, and construction following thereafter.
The presentation emphasized project scale and surface impacts. Freeman said the company’s permit modeling lists a maximum possible subsurface…
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