October 10, 2025
This Week in CDR - Week 41, 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 Deep Sky unveiled plans for a new DAC plant with a capacity of 500K tonnes/year, research on a key DAC component was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and remove announced the 2nd cohort of its India Accelerator Program.
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Biochar CDR Market Snapshot
Explore insights from the Biochar Carbon Removal Market Snapshot 2025 to understand purchasing trends, delivery vs. retirement dynamics, and what’s shaping biochar’s role in durable carbon removal.
Partnerships
[Image source: DVNE]
Industry associations Negative Emissions Platform, France’s AFEN and Germany’s DVNE partnered to launch a joint membership for companies, pooling networks and policy advocacy to accelerate Europe’s CDR market.
Supercritical launched a new streamlined purchasing flow for carbon credits, starting with Exomad Green. It will now allow buyers to select the number of credits and instantly generate a contract, review and sign it digitally, and pay securely via invoice.
Puro.earth signed a Letter of Intent with Indonesia’s climate agencies to advance biochar methodology and support high-impact carbon removal and reduction projects across the region.
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Projects
[Image source: Deep Sky]
Deep Sky unveiled plans for a new DAC facility in Manitoba, Canada, targeting removal of 500,000 tonnes of CO₂/year at full scale. The facility is expected to cost CAD500 million, and construction for the first phase will begin in 2026.
Financing
[Image source: Vycarb]
mCDR company Vycarb raised $5 million in seed funding led by Twynam, along with participation from MOL Switch, Hatch Blue, Clocktower, Idemitsu and SGInnovate. The funding will help Vycarb scale its deployment pipeline and flagship pilot in New York.
Biosorra secured $3.5 million led by atmosfair and Fondo Nimbus. The fresh investment will help Biosorra expand biochar production in Kenya and generate carbon removal credits, while supporting regenerative agriculture for local communities.
remove announced the selection of 15 startups that are part of the 2nd cohort of its India CDR Accelerator Program. The selected teams will be supported through 2 rounds across 8 months on navigating through the CDR space across different areas.
Pricing Perception Gap in Durable CDR
Explore insights from the Durable CDR Pricing Survey, conducted in partnership with OPIS, to help market participants better understand pricing expectations for durable CDR credits.
Research and Reports
[Image source: Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal organic frameworks (MOF’s), a type of molecular architecture also used in DAC technology to selectively trap gases like CO₂ through sorbents.
Carbon Gap released its “From Targets to Tonnes” report, proposing a EU Removal Compliance System to create lasting demand for permanent CDR, modelling costs, options, and ETS-aligned timelines to mobilize investment.
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Poll of the week
In our latest poll, we're eager to hear from you: To what degree will growth in the overall VCM affect growth in the market for durable CDR credits?
- Durable CDR growth > Overall VCM growth
- Durable CDR growth = Overall VCM growth
- Durable CDR growth < Overall VCM growth
- Flat or declining CDR volume
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