Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies 2026
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FIGURE 6CDR sales worldwide as of August 2024
Total funds raised by leading carbon capture and storage (CCS) start-ups worldwide as of 2023Sold CO2 removals in tonnes, suppliers
Millions of tonnes0 0.5 1 2 3 4Ørsted: BECCS
Stockholm Exergi: BECCS
1PointFive: DAC
Heirloom: DAC
Exomad Green: Biochar
Climeworks: DAC
Charm Industrial: Bio-oil
Lithos: ERW
Vaulted Deep: Ocean CDR
Neustark: Mineralization3,670,000
3,330,000
1,285,427
342,970
296,311
188,203
168,267
158,409
154,646
119,202Funds raised in $ millions
$ millionsClimeworks, CH: DAC
Svante, CA: Other
Carbon Clean, DE: Other
Prometheus, US: Other
Carbon Engineering, CA: DAC
Carbon Recycling International, IS: Other
Heirloom, US: Other
Carbon America, US: Other
Blue Planet Systems, US786.69
0 200 400 600 800447.15
242.48
115.84
110.26
89.76
57.6
37.5
34.43Verdox, US: DAC 170.06Description: In August 2024, Danish energy company Ørsted was the world’s foremost supplier of CO2 CDR credits after agreeing a deal with Microsoft
for 3.67 million tonnes of carbon removal, while Stockholm Exergi stood second in the ranking, having made a deal to supply 3.3 million tonnes of CDRs
to Microsoft.
Source: CDR.fyi
Description: As of 2023, Swiss company Climeworks had raised ~$787 million, making it the highest-funded CCS start-up in the world. Valued at
almost $2 billion and backed by the Microsoft Climate Fund, Climeworks specializes in DAC technology. In 2023, five of the 10 highest-funded CCS
start-ups were US-based.
Notes: Worldwide; 2023. Countries: CA = Canada, DE = Germany, CH = Switzerland and IS = Iceland.
Source: Global Corporate Venturing: PitchBook statista
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