This Week in CDR - Week 48, 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 Reverion and Frontier signed an offtake agreement for 96,000 tonnes of CDR in a $41 million deal, Carbonfuture opened a government-backed tender for a BECCS project in Denmark and Deep Sky launched operations of Airbus’s DAC technology at its Deep Sky Alpha facility.

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Deals and Partnerships

[Image source: Reverion]

Deals

German BECCS company Reverion and Frontier signed an offtake agreement for 96,000 tonnes of CDR in a deal worth $41 million. As per the deal, the tonnes will be removed between 2027 and 2030.

Partnerships

Carbonfuture opened a government-backed tender for a BECCS project in Denmark, offering buyers durable, CRCF-eligible carbon removal credits through its digital trust Infrastructure.

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Projects

[Image source: Deep Sky]

Deep Sky launched operations of Airbus’s DAC technology at its Deep Sky Alpha facility. The unit is capable of removing 250 tonnes CO₂/year and its technology has been derived from Airbus’s life-support systems aboard the International Space Station.

UK-based project developer Onnu unveiled its proprietary CarboFlow pyrolysis system, deploying its first two units in Malaysia, which are expected to produce 1,924 tonnes of biochar annually.

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Financing

[Image source: UNDO]

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) made a strategic investment in UNDO through its venture capital arm FCC Capital to accelerate the deployment of UNDO’s enhanced weathering technology among Canadian farmers.

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Policy

[Image source: Ingo Joseph]

The German parliament approved its 2026 federal budget, including a dedicated funding commitment of €476 million for CDR, with €98M to scale CDR projects, €11.5M for CDR credits, €2M for administration and €44.6M to strengthen soils as carbon sinks.

Research and Reports

[Image source: Carbon Gap]

Carbon Gap, in collaboration with Sweco, published a roadmap and a report highlighting Finland’s carbon removal potential, underscoring that scalable deployment is essential to achieve its climate goals by 2035.

Carbon to Sea published an independent MRV review of Planetary’s first ocean alkalinity credits, having identified progress, uncertainties, and recommendations for improved transparency, environmental monitoring, and data accessibility.

Absolute Climate released version 2.0 of the Absolute Carbon Standard for public consultation, having clarified certification procedures, updated emissions allocation, and improved uncertainty quantification and reversal risk management.

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies published a new policy paper on carbon removal outlining critical challenges and strategic pathways for scaling durable CDR, urging integration of regulatory frameworks, financing, and sectoral coordination.

The European Marine Board released a report, calling for long-term ocean monitoring, better modelling, clear baselines, open data standards and consistent global governance to ensure transparent reporting and independent verification - what it sees as essential for credible, scalable CDR deployment

CDR.fyi Updates and Research

The Definitive Survey on Carbon Removal Capacity

This week, we launched a survey with The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal team, inviting CDR suppliers globally to complete a short survey about their current and projected capacity.

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