Puro·DAC

Climeworks Orca

Iceland · Europe

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Orca is Climeworks' flagship Direct Air Capture and storage plant in Iceland, capturing CO₂ directly from ambient air using renewable geothermal energy and permanently mineralising it underground in partnership with Carbfix. Orca is the world's first DAC facility to receive third-party certification and tradable CORCs under the Puro Standard.

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Premium Score

Methodology

Puro-DAC

Vintage year

2024

Score breakdown

Vintage Recency

Max 15

15/15

Older credits often used outdated baselines and are increasingly rejected by buyers under CSRD/CORSIA.

Methodology Integrity

Max 20

20/20

Some methodologies have systemic over-crediting risk; newer engineered or ARR methods are higher integrity.

Standard & Verifier Quality

Max 15

14/15

Standard body and DOE/VVB matter for regulatory acceptance.

Additionality Evidence

Max 15

14/15

Without additionality, the credit doesn't represent real new abatement.

Permanence & Buffer Pool

Max 15

15/15

Critical for nature-based; insufficient buffer means reversal risk.

Co-benefits & SDGs

Max 10

6/10

Buyers under CSRD increasingly require co-benefit reporting.

Registry Red Flags

Max 10

10/10

Cancellations, double-counting flags, disputes drag the score down.

Factor coverage

Inventory

Available credits

—tCO₂e

Total issued

—tCO₂e

Certifications

DNV Verified

SDGs

1397

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Verification·DAC

Registry + facility audit

Industrial carbon removal projects (DAC, biochar, cookstoves) don't benefit from satellite vegetation monitoring — there's no canopy to measure. ClimSen verifies these projects through registry serial issuance cadence cross-referenced against the operator's audited facility output. Land-use projects on this marketplace are additionally monitored via Sentinel-2 NDVI.

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Score breakdown

Vintage Recency

Max 15

15/15

Older credits often used outdated baselines and are increasingly rejected by buyers under CSRD/CORSIA.

Methodology Integrity

Max 20

20/20

Some methodologies have systemic over-crediting risk; newer engineered or ARR methods are higher integrity.

Standard & Verifier Quality

Max 15

14/15

Standard body and DOE/VVB matter for regulatory acceptance.

Additionality Evidence

Max 15

14/15

Without additionality, the credit doesn't represent real new abatement.

Permanence & Buffer Pool

Max 15

15/15

Critical for nature-based; insufficient buffer means reversal risk.

Co-benefits & SDGs

Max 10

6/10

Buyers under CSRD increasingly require co-benefit reporting.

Registry Red Flags

Max 10

10/10

Cancellations, double-counting flags, disputes drag the score down.

Factor coverage

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Registry + facility audit

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Climeworks Orca

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Score breakdown

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Registry + facility audit

Climeworks Orca

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