Altitude Purchases +165,000t Of Carbon Removal From South American Partners Ecogaia & Emisiones Neutras

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Carbon removal financier Altitude has agreed to purchase more than 165,000 tonnes of CO₂ Removal Certificates (CORCs) from biochar-based carbon removal facilities in Argentina operated by EcoGaia and Emisiones Neutras. This makes Altitude one of the worlds largest buyers of CDR.

The deal will see CORCs, issued through the Puro Registry to ensure transparency and verification, being purchased by Altitude. The Argentine facilities operated by Ecogaia & Emisionmes Neutras use advanced pyrolysis technology to turn waste biomass into biochar — a stable form of carbon that stays out of the atmosphere for centuries (+1,000 years).

This agreement strengthens Altitude’s role as a global carbon removal financier and supports high-integrity projects that also benefit local communities by improving waste treatment infrastructure and circular value streams.

• Biochar carbon removal locks CO₂ into a solid form while positively treating waste biomass.
  
• Altitude’s long-term off-take provides certainty for project developers, helping scale CDR deployment in South America.
  
• Puro ensures that the credits are verifiable and traceable.

Altitude has been active across several regions and projects this year, reflecting a broader push to scale durable carbon removal by securing 145,000t of biochar CORCs from facilities in Western Africa by partnering with Thalara, and committing to +50,000t of CORCs from Southeast Asia biochar hubs in partnership with Greenglow. Altitude also expanded its Ascent 1 financing facility significantly, increasing its capacity from 50,000t to 250,000t of CDR, with another extension to 1.500.000t CDRs likely coming soon. As demand for high-integrity carbon removal grows, structured offtake agreements like these help provide price certainty and financing for emerging carbon removal infrastructure around the world.

In other CDR news: In Germany, a new Syncraft Powerplant is being built in partnership with Procarbic.