💶 The BioCCS cost assumptions are the Achilles Heel of the current ETS CDR proposal. So let’s unpack them one by one: 1️⃣ €172/t in 2020 - comes from Reiner et al. (2023), NEGEM deliverable statement made by Drax at a conference in 2022 (no source available). 2️⃣ €153/t in 2050 - from Reiner et

and fertilizers, eventually covering over 50% of sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (#ETS It also won’t apply to imports from countries which are covered by the EU ETS and countries with a domestic ETS fully linked with the EU ETS (i.e. be incentivised to invest more in carbon capture and storage (#CCS) and CDR technologies to mitigate ETS

team at the European Commission which has spent years thinking about the CDR integration into the EU ETS on the Carbonfuture Magazine entitled “Europe's Carbon Removal Breakthrough: What's Actually in the ETS

And its impact goes way beyond BCR and the EU ETS. 🤔 Here is why: some groups are advocating forcefully that we should only allow CCS based CDR to be integrated into the ETS - so DACCS and BECCS. CRCF permanent removals’ units should be seen as good enough to be used in other regulations, from EU ETS , to the EU Green Claims Directive, etc. ✅ And, well, biochar carbon removal - after years of deliberations with hundreds of experts - passed this bar. 💚 So, yes, BCR should be integrated into the EU ETS. 📆

🇪🇺 Next month, we are expecting the EU Commission's consultation on integration of CDR into the EU ETS

geological storage and based on key principles instead (permanence, additionality, sustainability, etc #ETS) are made explicit to realise the full potential impact of the CRCF. 💡 Elevating the role of Biochar

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trajectory to be integrated into - by far - the world’s biggest compliance market for carbon, the EU ETS week, we will have the pleasure of hosting Mette Quinn from the EU Commission - in charge of the CDR ETS

In future, as the cost of carbon in the EU ETS increases and more sectors are included, this number is 🌊 And this would just be the start: one of the objectives of the CBAM is to lead to the creation of ETSs to go deep into the weeds on this. 🖇️ Check out our latest CDR Policy Scoop here: https://lnkd.in/et-TXAhg

. 🏭 Let’s take two extremes to illustrate the point: China’s emissions trading system (ETS) is - by The United Kingdom’s ETS, on the other hand, covers only 110Mt or 73x smaller than China’s. 📈 Still, 🤑 Maturity and design, and their impact on the factor I focused on last week: price. 🇨🇳 China’s ETS spun off the EU ETS in 2021. How do you look at the potential of various ETSs?

. 🔗 ETS integration is going to happen: there is clear political mandate for this, and it will likely precede the EU ETS, as soon as 2029. Given it is the 3rd biggest ETS in the world, this is big news. 🇪🇺 Alignment with the EU: initially ETS integration - tech neutral. develop the next set of standards, starting with BCR and ERW. 🏛️ Public procurement: the CCfDs and ETS

🤔 Is European industry losing its competitiveness because of the EU ETS, as Italy and many other countries 💪 In fact, the relentless climate pioneer think the ETS is not going far enough. 🇩🇰 Denmark just introduced a national CO2 tax of €17/tCO₂e in 2026, increasing annually to roughly €48–50/tCO₂e from 2030 for ETS-covered This means that facilities in Denmark will have to pay the ETS price PLUS the domestic tax. 🪜 The system But it does feel excessive to make an already burdensome ETS even more expensive. 🙋🏻‍♀️ Thoughts?