Engineered carbon removal (ECR) is crucial to achieving deep decarbonization by midcentury. It is a necessary complement to rapid emissions reductions and the transition to clean energy. The ECR working group convenes companies across the ECR value chain, including innovative engineered carbon removal startups, companies, and financiers. This working group is focused on direct air capture (DAC) and biomass with carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) solutions.
The engineered carbon removal ecosystem: includes key components of the supply chain as well as important ecosystem forces. The operational supply chain excludes a “biomass feedstock” input into BiCRS because this working group is focused on shared infrastructure/resources between DAC and BiCRS. The ecosystem forces include key local, market, and government factors that will influence the long-term success of the ECR industry.
As a venue for voices from across the entire value chain, we help build consensus across the ECR industry and provide policymakers a holistic view of the challenges to scaling ECR.
Reflecting that ECR is a nascent technology and growing industry, participation in the working group provides an opportunity to learn from other working group members on how ECR technology trends are evolving.
The working group offers a venue for conversation and collaboration across the industry, including between companies who may not normally engage with each other.
By convening a diverse group of stakeholders that represent the entire ecosystem, we develop more effective policy solutions and have a stronger voice as a coalition advocating for them.
Explore our comments in support of the Department of Energy’s CO2 Removal Purchasing Challenge.
Read PublicationThis blog reviews how the CO2 Removal Purchasing Challenge leverages the CDR Purchase Pilot Prize, a key federal carbon dioxide removal (CDR) procurement initiative, and summarizes our comments on the CO2 RP Challenge’s Notice of Intent.
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