New Partnership Sets Higher Bar for Carbon Removal Credits
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📰 The quick summary: Three climate tech companies have joined forces to bring a new class of high-integrity carbon dioxide removal credits to market, combining rigorous system-level accounting with trusted registry technology to give buyers greater confidence in what they purchase.
📈 One key stat: Cowboy Clean Fuels operates the only patented BiCRS + RNG pathway on the market, meaning it simultaneously delivers permanent carbon removal and clean energy production from a single infrastructure system.
💬 One key quote: Peter Minor, co-founder and CEO of Absolute Climate, explains that “CDR is entering a mass-scale phase where projects are judged by how clearly their outcomes can be demonstrated.”
1️⃣ The big picture: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is a critical tool in addressing climate change, but the credibility of carbon credits has long been questioned due to inconsistent accounting and verification standards. A new three-way partnership between Cowboy Clean Fuels, Absolute Climate, and Evident aims to tackle that problem head-on by combining project development, system-level carbon accounting, and registry technology under one framework. Cowboy Clean Fuels converts agricultural waste into renewable natural gas while permanently storing CO2 in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Its projects will now be certified under Absolute Climate’s Absolute Carbon Standard, which tracks CO2 flows across complex industrial systems to produce a verified net emissions figure. Credits get issued through Evident’s C-Capsule registry, adding a further layer of traceability and transparency for buyers.
2️⃣ Why is this good news: Buyers of carbon credits now have access to a new class of CDR credits that meet higher quality, traceability, and verification standards, helping to rebuild trust in carbon markets. By using system-level accounting, the partnership ensures that each credit accurately reflects its true atmospheric impact, reducing the risk of overestimating removal outcomes. Combining permanent CO2 sequestration with renewable natural gas production from agricultural waste means the same infrastructure delivers two climate benefits at once. Stronger verification frameworks like this one can encourage more investment in high-quality CDR projects, accelerating the growth of a market that is essential for meeting global climate targets. As CDR scales up, partnerships that set clear quality benchmarks help establish the kind of credibility the sector needs to attract long-term buyers and policymakers.
3️⃣ What’s next: With the partnership now announced, the next step is bringing the first certified credits to market through Evident’s C-Capsule registry. Absolute Climate’s system-level accounting methodology will need to demonstrate its ability to handle the complexity of combined CDR and RNG production at scale. Broader adoption of this framework by other project developers could help standardize high-integrity CDR credits across the voluntary carbon market.
Read the full story here: Carbon Herald – Cowboy Clean Fuels, Absolute Climate And Evident Team Up For High-Integrity CDR
