This Week in CDR - Week 6, 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 first week of February brought significant developments across projects, financing and research in durable CDR. While we released the CDR.fyi 2024 Year in Review, we also saw the LEGO Group commit $2.6 million to CDR projects, along with the launch of Africa’s first CDR association in Kenya. Read on to learn more in the newest edition of This Week in CDR!

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.

CDR.fyi Updates and Research 

• Keep Calm and Remove On - CDR.fyi 2024 Year in Review

Earlier this week, we released the CDR.fyi 2024 Year in Review, in which we analyze the major trends in the durable carbon removal market.

The blog post is an abridged version of the full report which contains detailed analysis across Suppliers, Purchasers, and Methods, exclusive to CDR.fyi Data Partners and and Platform Subscribers. For access to the full report and further information, kindly contact us at partners@cdr.fyi.

Deals and Partnerships

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Deals

The LEGO Group committed $2.6 million to four CDR projects via ClimeFi and Climate Impact Partners. The initiatives will support projects across biochar, enhanced weathering, and reforestation.

Partnerships

Carbon Removal Kenya, a new industry association, launched to promote and support durable CDR in Kenya and across Africa. It includes CDR suppliers, investors, marketplaces, NGOs, policymakers, and supporters.

Puro.earth and Sylvera partnered to help incentivize investment in CDR by combining Puro’s certification expertise with Sylvera’s project assessments, while also bridging supply and demand through Sylvera’s Connect to Supply platform.

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Financing

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Mineralization company 44.01 received an additional $5 million in Series A investment from Norwegian sovereign investor Nysnø Climate Investments and MENA-focused VC fund Jasoor Ventures, bringing its total Series A fundraise to $42 million.

remove selected 8 CDR startups for the second phase of its Europe accelerator program. The cohort for the next phase includes Artio, Kumo, SuperDAC, Bloomineral, Atmosfuture, neo-fossil, Octavia Carbon, and Nina.energy.

CDR marketplace CEEZER announced the launch of CEEZER Carbon Coalition, a program that helps early-stage project developers in bridging the gap between ideation and commercialization. The applications are open until February 28.

Projects

[Image source: Ebb Carbon]

Ebb Carbon, which uses electrochemistry to remove CO₂ from the ocean, announced that its pilot project Project Macoma, has become the first mCDR project to secure a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

Captura launched operations at its Kona, Hawaii pilot plant. Developed in partnership with Equinor, this facility is capable of capturing 1,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually and marks a significant step toward large-scale deployment of Direct Ocean Removal technology.

Policy and Research

[Image source: Carbon Removal Alliance]

The Carbon Removal Alliance launched its Scientific Advisory Board to bring together top scientific leaders who will help shape effective policies by addressing science and commercialization challenges in CDR.

Isometric, in partnership with the Coalition for Negative Emissions, published a paper on how Energy-from-Waste (EfW) with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) could generate high-quality, durable CDR credits in the UK.

A new paper by Dr. Noah Planavsky of the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture explores the efficacy of enhanced weathering and how agriculture in the U.S. can be transformed for carbon removal up to 0.5Gt/year scale potential by 2070.

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Poll of the week

In our latest poll, we're eager to hear from you: What stood out to you the most from the CDR.fyi 2024 Year in Review?

• 78% volume growth in 2024 to 8M tonnes
• 120% increase in deliveries to 319Kt
• Repeat buyer volume increasing 95%
• 18% drop in new purchasers

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Disclosure

CDR.fyi is a public benefit corporation operating globally. Some of the company’s contributors have affiliations with companies in the industry, including Milkywire, Charm Industrial, CDRJobs, and DVNE. Data and content published by CDR.fyi, including This Week in CDR, our Monthly Recaps, and our Quarterly Market Updates, are vetted and reviewed by individuals with no conflict of interest.