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Heading to Houston for CERAWeek. I'll be speaking on Wednesday - excited to share Phlair's perspective on how our eDAC technology can support the energy infrastructure of tomorrow. The coming five years will be pivotal in advancing DAC technologies from pilots to demonstration projects to commercial operations. What role can electrochemical DAC play in scaling renewables? And how do product quality, capture costs, and geography open up specific downstream markets? Stop by if you're around: Wednesday, March 25th, 1:30pm - Agora Pod

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There's a 18-82 Mt gap between company CDR targets and what they actually buy. At our latest Circle of CDR, we unpacked why and what comes next. Our panel on the topic of "The next era for Direct Air Capture – Learnings from pioneers in the space,” featured Frauke Kracke (Science Lead at Frontier / Stripe Climate), Carlos Haertel (former CTO of Climeworks), and Nadine Saken-Walsh (Policy Manager at Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE) – the German Association for Negative Emissions). After the discussion, guests got a behind-the-scenes look at our running Direct Air Capture plant. Here are some of the key takeaways from the evening: The DAC industry will consolidate. Just like wind turbines converged on a few dominant designs, DAC companies starting from very different approaches are already narrowing toward similar concepts. In a few years, the number of distinct architectures will shrink significantly. What will DAC actually cost? Without plants of similar scale running under comparable conditions, every long-term projection is a rough estimate. The answers will come from pilot deployments in the field, not from spreadsheets. Germany's ~€500M CDR procurement program is a strong signal. A dedicated team at the Environment Ministry, that didn't even exist a year ago, is now working on CDR. The goal: leverage public procurement to rebuild confidence in the voluntary market and attract private buyers. Germany's renewable energy feed-in tariff is a potential blueprint. The solar PV industry exists because governments guaranteed feed-in prices for new projects for over 20 years. CDR needs the same long-term revenue certainty. Right now, most offtake contracts are only 3-10 years. The "claims" question is one of the biggest barrier for new buyers. Companies struggle to justify expensive CDR purchases to their CFO when the reputational or regulatory benefit is unclear. Without clearer incentives, the market stays stuck with a small group of pioneers. Quality verification is evolving fast. The EU's public verification frameworks are emerging alongside private standards like Frontier's. The tension between public and private registries is real, but the direction is toward convergence and higher standards.

Following Germany's recent announcement to double down on CDR with a €500m budget, there is no better person to talk about this than Nadine. We're excited to announce our third and final panelist for our upcoming Circle of CDR on February 12th 2026: Nadine Saken-Walsh, Policy Manager at Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen e.V. (DVNE) (German Association for Negative Emissions), will join Frauke Kracke and Carlos Haertel on our panel. DVNE is Europe's first national carbon removal association, representing over 60 companies across the CDR sector to drive the policies Germany needs to reach net-zero by 2045. As someone actively shaping CDR policy in Germany, Nadine will share updates on the policies currently shaping the CDR landscape: from the EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework to Germany's emerging national carbon purchasing program, and what these developments mean for the space. Currently, no more spots are available – join the waitlist here: https://luma.com/dskbzdfd

Want to learn from those actually moving the space forward? Announcing our second speaker for our upcoming Circle of CDR on February 12th, in Munich: Carlos Haertel, former CTO at Climeworks and a preeminent expert in the Direct Air Capture (DAC) industry, will join Frauke Kracke on our panel. With a career spanning leadership roles at GE and Climeworks, Carlos has been instrumental in transitioning DAC from a lab-scale concept to industrial reality. His deep technical knowledge and experience give him a unique perspective on what it takes to scale high-quality carbon removal. Coming from the front lines of hardware deployment, Carlos will share his insights on the engineering challenges, cost curves, and the path to gigaton-scale for DAC. Request to join here: https://luma.com/dskbzdfd

As 2025 comes to a close, we want to thank our customers, investors, and partners. Thank you for the trust and commitment along the way. It has been a big year for us. A few highlights: Deployed and now operating two DAC units: Electra 00 in Ismaning and our first customer unit, Electra 02, at Deep Sky Alpha in Canada. Built 92 Hydrolyzer stacks, deployed and tested across our pilot units and testing infrastructure. Signed the world’s first electrochemical CDR offtake agreements with customers including Google, JPMorganChase, and Stripe, and advanced partnerships with partners such as NorDAC and NSB GROUP. Hosted three Circle of CDRs, bringing together leaders from Allianz, BMW, Deutsche Bank, Hapag-Lloyd, Shopify, and many others. Secured seven-figure grant funding to enable the next phase of our scale-up roadmap. All of this with a nimble, ambitious team. We’re already excited for 2026.

Want to learn from those actually moving the space forward? Announcing our first panelist for our upcoming Circle of CDR on February 12th 2026: Frauke Kracke, Science lead at Frontier and Stripe Climate, has been at the forefront of the voluntary carbon market. She has been evaluating a wide range of carbon removal technologies for the world's most renowned buyer club, Frontier (with members like Stripe, Google, McKinsey, JPMorganChase, and Salesforce). A year into the partnership with Phlair, Frontier's first electrochemical DAC offtake, Frauke will share her insights on what the next era for Direct Air Capture will look like. Request to join here: https://luma.com/dskbzdfd

Phlair made Sifted's Future 50 ranking of Europe's fastest-growing startups this year. Our team is working hard on developing a Direct Air Capture technology that truly scales and that fits into the energy system of the future (renewable and intermittent). It's great to see that reflected here. But best part is scanning through the list and seeing all the great innovations being built across Europe right now. Link in comments.