Carbon Removal (DAC)
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Cost per tonne removed

Current verified value
$600/t
1PointFive / Climeworks · operator estimate
Database · 2025 Human-verified

What it measures

Frontier cost to capture and store one tonne of CO₂ ($/t) — lower is better. Today's plants run roughly $400–1,000/t; the industry target is ~$100/t, the level at which large-scale removal becomes economic. Figures are operator estimates and fall as plants scale.

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History

$1048$924$800$676$552early plants20212025

By actor

Occidental (1PointFive)Stratos, at scale (est.)$600/t
Climeworkstarget at scale$600/t
Heirloomtarget at scale$600/t

Goal / baseline

now$600/t
goal$100/t
baselineearly plants

economic-scale threshold