Microsoft Buys 3.6M Metric Tons Of Carbon Removal From Bioenergy Plant
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Microsoft Buys 3.6M Metric Tons Of Carbon Removal From Bioenergy Plant
Microsoft’s Carbon Removal Strategy Expands Again Microsoft has announced a major new climate commitment, agreeing to purchase 3.6 million metric tons of carbon removal from a bioenergy plant under development in Louisiana. The deal answers a question many climate and tech watchers are asking: how will Microsoft meet its ambitious 2030 pledge to become carbon negative as its data center footprint keeps growing? The answer, at least in part, is large-scale, long-term carbon removal contracts tied to industrial infrastructure. The facility, owned by clean fuels company C2X, is expected to begin operations in 2029. Once online, it will convert forestry waste into low-carbon methanol while capturing and storing carbon dioxide. For Microsoft, this agreement represents both climate risk management and a signal to emerging carbon removal markets. Credit: C2X A Bioenergy Plant Designed for Carbon Capture The Louisiana plant at the center of the Microsoft carbon removal deal is designed to process…
