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Scaling DAC? It's complicated, says Climeworks CFO

Andreas Aepli said transparency about specific project challenges is critical for gaining public’s trust.

Direct air capture has arrived at the community buy-in hurdle

The nascent industry is starting to build at scale. How it approaches community engagement could make or break deployment.

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DAC’s bumpy road to commercial scale

Climeworks’ CFO Andreas Aepli on the challenges of scaling up DAC

Google says it's the first to purchase direct air capture for $100 per ton

Tax credits from the IRA played a major role in getting the cost of removal from the startup Holocene, Google said.

Will the data center boom boost carbon removal?

A Morgan Stanley report suggests that the proliferation of data centers could fuel demand for carbon removal.

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Is Frontier succeeding in creating demand for carbon removal?

Two years in, it may still be too soon to tell — but the next few years will be key to getting on-track for 2050 goals.

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What to know about Frontier’s carbon removal offtake template

The Stripe-led advance market commitment aims to balance financiers’ need for confidence with the realities of the still-nascent tech.

Creating a technical backbone for the carbon removal industry

A new organization is working to standardize measurement and verification for the suite of technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

A mock-up of Equatic's North American commercial-scale facility
Can this startup make ocean CDR pencil out, even absent the voluntary market?

Equatic is relying on selling hydrogen, a byproduct of its carbon removal process, to bolster its business model.

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Running Tide's final year

The CDR startup knew the end was coming for nearly a year, said one former VP — even as it got removal costs to sub-$200 per ton.

What Running Tide's demise means for carbon removal's future

The buzzy marine startup blamed its downfall on a lack of demand. But would a more mature market have saved it?

The US gets serious about carbon removal

The Biden administration is giving the nascent sector a boost, while utilities are challenging its viability in court.

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Is Climeworks closing in on an answer to DAC’s energy problem?

The direct air capture company says it can cut costs and energy needs in half with its latest tech innovations.

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What to know about DOE’s plans to buy carbon removal

The senior advisor for the carbon management office says carbon is a “fairly unique” market — and so procuring it is requiring some improvisation.

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For Heirloom, DOE’s procurement pilot isn’t about the cash

The government’s first round of carbon removal purchases will help force a convergence of commercial standards for the market, says head of policy Vikrum Aiyer.