This Week in CDR - Week 51, 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 Altitude purchased 360,000 tonnes from Alcom, Frontier signed an offtake agreement with NULIFE GreenTech for 122,000 tonnes in a $44.2M deal and Microsoft purchased 28,900 tonnes from InPlanet.

We are excited to announce that we recently launched the 2025 Durable CDR Pricing Survey, in partnership with OPIS, a Dow Jones Company, to capture the real-world perspectives of buyers and suppliers on pricing expectations, value drivers, and structural barriers to market participation.

Respondents will receive a complimentary copy of the full report with aggregated market insights and exclusive access to a participant-only webinar to explore the findings.

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Deals and Partnerships

[Image source: Altitude]

Deals

Altitude signed an agreement to purchase 360,000 tonnes of CDR from Alcom, a carbon project developer from Singapore. The credits will be generated from Alcom's biochar-based CDR facilities in the Philippines and India.

Altitude purchased 165,000 tonnes of CDR from biochar facilities in Argentina operated by EcoGaia and Emisiones Neutras. One of its largest deals, Altitude has also purchased credits from facilities in West Africa and Southeast Asia.

NULIFE GreenTech signed an offtake agreement with Frontier to remove 122,000 tonnes of CO₂, in a deal worth $44.2 million. As per the agreement, the tonnes will be removed between 2026 and 2030.

InPlanet signed an agreement with Microsoft for 28,900 tonnes of carbon removal through its silicate-based Enhanced Weathering method in Brazil. The credits will be issued under Isometric’s Enhanced Weathering protocol.

Ebb Carbon signed a prepurchase agreement with Google for 3,500 tonnes of CDR. The agreement follows its recent partnership with the Saudi Water Authority to launch the world’s first desalination decarbonisation project.

Partnerships

Planet Savers and Australian Carbon Vault signed an MoU to integrate DAC with onshore CO₂ storage in South Australia, aiming to establish a pilot project and generate verifiable, durable CDR credits.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Isometric entered a strategic partnership under which Isometric will issue carbon removal credits, supporting MOL’s net zero strategy and advancing shipping sector decarbonization.

Deep Sky signed a framework agreement with the W8banaki Nation to collaboratively develop carbon removal projects in Québec, integrating collaboration with indigenous leadership in the territory.

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Projects

[Image source: Deep Sky]

Canadian project developer Deep Sky successfully injected CO₂ at its Thetford Mines site, using Skyrenu’s DAC pilot. This marks Quebec’s first permanent removal and geological injection of captured CO₂ below the Earth’s surface.

44.01 announced the scale-up of its CO₂ mineralisation project in the UAE, by injecting 20 tonnes of CO₂ per day with its upgraded injection system, representing a tenfold increase from its XPRIZE-winning project.

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Financing

[Image source: Carbon Removal Partners]

Italian Alkalinity Enhancement company Limenet closed a €7 million investment round led by CDP Venture Capital and Fassa Bortolo Industria, which operates in the lime production sector.

As part of its end-of-year announcement, Carbonfuture announced that it has closed its Series A2 funding round, led by existing investor SIX, along with participation from Idemitsu America Holdings.

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Research and Reports

[Image source: Everest Carbon]

Everest Carbon released a free simulation software for assessing credit quality in Enhanced Weathering, enabling stakeholders to evaluate uncertainties and their impact on credit outcomes.

CO2RE published a comparative analysis of EU CRCF, ICVCM, and Article 6.4 standards, highlighting alignment gaps in additionality, baselines, leakage, and permanence for durable carbon removal.

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CDR.fyi Updates and Research

Announcing the 2025 Durable CDR Pricing Survey — Understanding Pricing, Value, and Opportunities

For the second year running, CDR.fyi and OPIS, a Dow Jones Company, launched the 2025 Durable CDR Pricing Survey to capture the real-world perspectives of buyers and suppliers on pricing expectations, value drivers, and structural barriers to market participation.

Survey respondents will receive a complimentary copy of the full report with aggregated insights from across the market, plus exclusive access to a respondent-only webinar hosted by CDR.fyi and OPIS to review the results.

👉 Link to Purchaser Survey

👉 Link to Supplier Survey

The survey takes approximately 10–12 minutes to complete and includes short sections on pricing expectations, value attributes, contracting preferences, and market blockers. All responses will be kept strictly confidential and aggregated before publication. Summary results will be shared publicly.

For further information, kindly contact us at team@cdr.fyi.

Poll of the week

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