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Carbon Herald just published UP Catalyst Partners With SGC Energy To Scale CO2-to-Carbon Materials In Korea. Carbon Herald reports that Estonia-based UP Catalyst has entered a partnership with SGC Energy to deploy its carbon utilization technology in South Korea. The collaboration is aimed at converting captured CO2 into carbon materials such as graphite and carbon nanotubes, which are used in batteries and other industrial applications. SGC Energy, part of the Samyang Group, brings local industrial scale and energy infrastructure to support deployment. The agreement positions UP Catalyst’s molten salt electrolysis process for commercial scaling in the Korean market, where demand for battery-grade carbon materials is significant. ...

Novocarbo, a German climate tech company specializing in biochar-based carbon removal, has signed a long-term partnership with Stadtwerke Dessau, the municipal utility serving the city of Dessau in Germany. The deal will see Novocarbo supply both biochar carbon removal credits and renewable heat to the utility, a pairing that highlights how CDR infrastructure can double as local energy infrastructure. Why it matters Municipal utilities are not the buyers most people picture when they think about carbon removal demand. The typical CDR customer profile skews toward big tech companies and corporate sustainability teams chasing net-zero pledges. A German Stadtwerk, a publicly owned local utility, signing a long-term biochar deal signals something different: CDR is starting to find a home in the mundane, essential business of heating buildings and managing local energy supply. That’s a distribution channel worth paying attention to. ...

Mast Reforestation sold out every carbon removal credit from its flagship Montana biomass burial project within just weeks of issuance. That’s a striking signal: voluntary buyers are hungry for biomass burial CDR credits, and they’re willing to move fast to get them. Why it matters The CDR market has a demand problem and a supply problem, depending on which pathway you’re looking at. For biomass burial, this sellout suggests the demand side is healthy, at least for projects with credible methodology and a real track record. When credits move this quickly after issuance, it tells us that buyers had either pre-committed or were watching closely and ready to act. Either way, it points to growing confidence in biomass burial as a legitimate removal method. ...