This Week in CDR - Week 38, 2025

We are back with another edition of This Week in CDR, a weekly round-up of the top news, developments, and market updates from the world of durable carbon removal.

This week saw some key developments in durable CDR, as Google signed a purchase agreement for 50,000 tonnes of CDR with Vaulted Deep, Schneider Electric signed an agreement with Climeworks Solutions for 31,000 tonnes through its portfolio of solutions, and Cawa announced a 4,000-tonne offtake agreement for biochar credits between IMC Trading and Carboneers.

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Biochar CDR Market Snapshot
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Deals and Partnerships

[Image source: Vaulted Deep]

Deals

Google signed an agreement to purchase 50,000 tonnes from Vaulted Deep, certified by Isometric. Vaulted has also formed a joint initiative with Google and Isometric to explore quantifying the prevention of methane emissions in Vaulted’s waste injection process.

Schneider Electric signed a multi-year agreement until 2039 with Climeworks Solutions for 31,000 tonnes of durable carbon removal through its portfolio of solutions, including DACCS, BECCS, and Enhanced Weathering.

IMC Trading purchased 4,000 tonnes of CDR from Carboneers, in an offtake agreement facilitated by Cawa. The tonnes will be removed by 2030, and the agreement will support Carboneers’ India-based project producing biochar from agri-waste.

Japanese shipping company NYK signed an agreement to purchase CDR credits from 1PointFive, integrating DAC into its decarbonization strategy to neutralize residual emissions and progress toward its 2050 net-zero goal.

Heba signed a fifteen-year agreement to purchase BECCS credits alongside district heating from Stockholm Exergi as part of its goal to neutralize the climate impact of Heba's new production of properties, with first deliveries in 2029.

Partnerships

South Pole announced that it will launch TechGen, a CDR buyers’ club with its founding buyers in 2026, aiming to aggregate corporate demand and finance multi-year offtakes of a diverse portfolio of global CDR projects.

Microsoft and Equinor signed a strategic agreement to advance CO₂ transport, storage, and CO₂ removal credit value chains in Northwestern Europe and the United States, supporting CCS infrastructure for hard-to-abate sectors.

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Projects

[Image source: Carbon Removal Canada]

Carbon Removal Canada launched Carbon Console, an interactive dashboard tracking companies, projects and capacity, providing real-time market intelligence to inform policy, investment, and development decisions in Canada.

Yama announced that it has completed the construction of France’s first DAC pilot, scaling 56X in a year from lab to a 22-tonnes/year module using ~1,250 kWh/tonne in energy via its proprietary electrochemical technology.

CO280 awarded Preliminary Front-End Engineering and Design (Pre-FEED) contracts for a Canadian pulp and paper mill project aiming to capture and permanently store 800,000 tonnes of biogenic CO₂ annually, starting in 2029.

1PointFive announced that its STRATOS Direct Air Capture facility has received an AAApre rating from BeZero Carbon, signaling high confidence in its DAC-based CDR credits and low execution risk ahead of its 2025 launch.

Carbyon unveiled Carbyon GO, a compact, modular DAC unit claimed as the world’s fastest. For 1 kg of sorbent material, it is capable of capturing 3 tonnes of CO₂/year, reaching 90% saturation in 100 seconds.

Financing

[Image source: Altitude]

Altitude expanded its Ascent 1 CDR purchasing facility from 50,000 to 250,000 tonnes, establishing itself as one of the world’s leading CDR financiers, continuing its commitment to scale biomass-based carbon removal technologies.

Deep Sky secured an $11 million credit facility from Finalta Capital, designed to finance its capital investments in carbon capture, storage & utilization (CCUS), marking Canada’s first debt-financed carbon removal infrastructure deal.

Pricing Perception Gap in Durable CDR
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Policy

[Image source: Robert So]

The state of California passed three bills to accelerate CDR, including recognizing CDR operations as a compliance offsets category, making CDR projects eligible for an $85 million funding program, and establishing a state CDR Purchase Program.

COP30 will host the first-ever carbon removal pavilion, backed by CDR30, a global coalition, spotlighting durable CDR solutions and elevating their role in climate diplomacy and global climate goals.

Research and Reports

[Image source: UNDO]

UNDO published peer-reviewed field results from a study conducted over 1.5 years in Scotland, demonstrating measurable carbon removal via enhanced weathering in a temperate climate.

The International Biochar Initiative, United States Biochar Initiative, and The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal launched a survey gathering insights on biochar deployment, pricing, and barriers to scale, aiming to inform future procurement and policy strategies.

Supercritical released a report charting biochar’s 2025 growth and challenges, including concentrated suppliers, feedstock logistics, and fragmented standards, while highlighting procurement strategies to unlock 2030-scale removal.

Climeworks released a report on modeling globally optimal CDR portfolios aligned with SBTi and Oxford principles, with an aim to help corporates phase CDR alongside reductions through diversified, risk-managed procurement strategies.

Norton Rose Fulbright released a report highlighting CDR market trends, legal frameworks and risks, outlining methods, credit market dynamics, and steps needed for commercialization toward the 10-gigaton 2050 requirement.

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