Carbon Removal (DAC)
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Cost per tonne removed

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.

$600/tReached · 2025 $100/teconomic-scale threshold
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  1. 600 USD/t 2025 Occidental (1PointFive) Database · 2025
  2. 800 USD/t 2023 Database · 2025
  3. 1000 USD/t 2021 Database · 2025