For buyers

Direct air capture projects in Europe

6 developers, active in 2 EU countries. Every entry has at least one piece of evidence that does not come from the developer. Most recent check 2026-10-07.

What it is

Machines pull CO₂ directly out of the ambient air, and the CO₂ is then stored underground or mineralised. The process needs a lot of energy, so where that energy comes from matters for the net result.

For buyers, in short

CRCF unit	Permanent carbon removal
CRCF methodology	In force Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/285, in force 7 May 2026.
Certified CRCF units today	None. No certification scheme has been recognised yet, so no project can carry a CRCF unit today.
SBTi net-zero	Removals are the only credit type the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 accepts for neutralising residual emissions (criterion C46).
CSRD reporting	Under ESRS E1-7 (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2772), removals and credits are disclosed separately. Gross Scope 1 to 3 stays unadjusted, credits are not netted against it. A simplified version of the ESRS is in progress.
EU ETS	The Commission's EU ETS proposal of 17 July 2026 would auction 250 million extra allowances over 2031 to 2040 and use the revenue to buy CRCF-certified BioCCS and DACCS centrally. The removals would not enter the ETS directly. It is a proposal and still under negotiation.
Price range	$500 to $1,200 per tonne (worldwide, all registries). The report describes these as current costs. It expects them to fall towards $200 to $400 by 2030, depending on energy prices and scale. Source: World Economic Forum with Oliver Wyman, Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies: Market Overview and Offtake, March 2026. Indicative, not an offer. Prices depend on contract length, volume, delivery date, whether units are already issued or sold ahead, the registry and scarcity. No CRCF unit has been issued yet, so no CRCF price exists.

The developers

Developer	Country	Status	Registry	Evidence
Carbyon (now Airhive)	NL	Developer-stated	DAC developer	Source
Greenlyte Carbon Technologies	DE	Developer-stated	DAC developer	Source
NeoCarbon	DE	Developer-stated	DAC developer	Source
Phlair	DE	Developer-stated	DAC developer	Source
Skytree	NL	Developer-stated	DAC developer	Source
Ucaneo	DE	Developer-stated	DAC developer	Source

Status is our own three-step scale, not EU terminology. Developer-stated means the developer says it; Registry-verified means we found issued units in a public registry. How this list is compiled

Before you buy

How is the plant powered? The CRCF counts the emissions from the energy used against the removal, so the net figure is what you are buying.
When will it deliver? Most European direct air capture is at pilot or demonstration scale. Ask for the plant's status and the delivery schedule.
Where is the CO₂ stored? Permanent removal needs geological storage or mineralisation, not use in a product that releases it again.

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