Carbonsate has successfully issued the first 799 carbon removal credits from its Namibia-based biomass storage project under the Terrestrial Storage of Biomass methodology by Puro.earth.
The credit issuance comes a few weeks after Carbonsate became the 100th certified facility on the Puro.earth Registry.
Set on a mission of removing more than 10 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year by 2033, Berlin-based Carbonsate currently operates biomass-based projects in Namibia, Cameroon, Colombia, and Bulgaria.
Its project in Namibia, also known as the Otjiwarongo Project, uses biomass storage to tackle the issue of bush encroachment, that is affecting roughly 30% of Namibia’s land area, putting pressure on farming, local biodiversity, and groundwater recharge.
As part of the project, Carbonsate’s team selectively harvests the excess bush, proritizing biodiversity conservation and land restoration.
The harvested bush biomass then gets stored in a custom-designed, oxygen-free environment that prevents its decomposition, ensuring that the carbon present in the biomass material stays locked away from the atmosphere for more than 100 years.
To monitor the project’s performance, Carbonsate uses a sensor technology that continuously tracks the carbon dioxide, methane, oxygen, temperature, and humidity, fortifying the long-term stability of the system.
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Each ton of CO2 stored by the Otjiwarongo Project is independently verified and certified by Puro.earth. As shared by Carbonsate, the project’s carbon storage capacity is estimated at 800 tons of CO2 in Phase 1, with the potential to grow to more than 100,000 tons of CO2 in the future.
The project’s first batch of issued credits has already been sold to buyers prioritizing high-quality CDR, and currently, Carbonsate is working on the second phase of operations that is expected to bring scaled and faster deliveries.
In a recent publication, Carbonsate shared:
“This first issuance is only the beginning. The next project phase is already underway, larger in scale, faster to deliver, and building on the operational and technical learnings from this project.”
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