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Svante Technologies just acquired Carbon Alpha, picking up a BECCS project, a CO₂ pipeline, and a geological storage hub in Western Canada. The deal also brings something rarer: a genuine co-ownership partnership with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC), which represents nine First Nations in Saskatchewan. The North Star Project Carbon Alpha’s flagship project installs carbon capture at the existing MLTC Bioenergy Centre, which generates renewable heat and electricity by burning sustainable biomass from a neighbouring sawmill. Phase 1 targets 140,000 tonnes of CO₂ capture per year from the biogenic flue gas. ...

A provincial government in the Philippines just did something no one in Southeast Asia has done before: generated verified carbon credits from biochar production. Nueva Ecija’s “Project NuevaChar” converts rice husks — an agricultural waste product — into biochar. Puro.earth audited and validated the facility, confirming net CO₂ removal. In July 2025, Governor Aurelio Umali received the first carbon revenue remittance ever paid to a local government unit from biochar-based credits. ...

Kenya-based direct air capture company Octavia Carbon just locked in a new offtake agreement, facilitated by Carbon Direct. It’s the latest signal that demand for DAC credits from the Global South is real — and growing. Octavia’s Hummingbird pilot in the Kenyan Rift Valley has been running 24/5 since October 2025. Their Gen 2 system captures atmospheric CO₂ and stores it permanently underground through a partnership with carbon mineralization company Cella. They recently activated a cryogenic tank for liquid CO₂ storage — a meaningful technical milestone for any DAC operation, let alone one running in East Africa. ...