Senken agrees biomass storage deal with Carbonsate
In Germany, Senken announced the largest biomass storage deal signed in Europe to date: a multi-year carbon removal offtake with Berlin-based Carbonsate covering 50,000 tons of permanent carbon removal between 2026 and 2028. Deliveries begin this year. The agreement is the second-largest buyer commitment in the biomass geological storage (burial) category worldwide, and the largest for a project operating in Africa. Permanent removal is still scarce: the entire market has delivered around 1.5 million tons to date, and this single commitment equals roughly 4% of that.
Biomass storage, also known as biomass burial, prevents the carbon in waste wood from returning to the atmosphere: sealed in engineered underground chambers, the wood cannot burn or decompose, and the carbon stays locked away for centuries. Because the method needs no energy-intensive capture step, it delivers permanence at a fraction of the price of direct air capture.
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