Puro.earth has brought direct air capture with geological storage into its certification system, releasing CCS+ methodology documents that list DACCS as the first pathway under its new CCS+ Program, according to Carbon Herald. For buyers of durable carbon removal, the launch creates a new issuance route: verified DACCS performance will generate CCS+ CRC credits in the Puro Registry, giving the highest-durability end of the market a standardized, registry-issued unit at a time when demand for engineered removals is outpacing certified supply.

What Puro.earth Launched

The CCS+ Program brings carbon dioxide removal methodologies developed by the CCS+ Initiative into Puro.earth’s certification procedures, Carbon Herald reports. DACCS is the first pathway implemented, and credits certified under the program will be issued as CCS+ CRC credits in the Puro Registry.

The methodology itself was developed as a joint global effort between technology and solution providers, carbon dioxide emitters, CO2 transport and storage providers, academic members and civil society representatives, according to Carbon Herald. That multi-stakeholder origin matters for buyers assessing methodology credibility: the rules were not written by a single project developer or technology vendor.

Shared CO2 Infrastructure Gets a Rulebook

The same update introduces a methodology for projects using shared CO2 transport and storage infrastructure, alongside revised rules covering bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (Bio-CCS), biochar and biomass storage, according to Carbon Pulse.

Shared infrastructure is the cost bottleneck for engineered removals. DACCS and Bio-CCS projects increasingly depend on common pipelines and storage hubs rather than dedicated per-project facilities, and crediting rules need to allocate removals across multiple capture sources feeding the same transport and storage network. A methodology built for that configuration removes a structural barrier to scaling, because developers no longer need bespoke accounting arrangements for each shared-asset project.

One Registry, Several Programs

The launch is also a structural statement about how Puro.earth wants to run its registry. Its multi-program approach lets carbon removal projects certify under different recognized programs within the same infrastructure, Carbon Herald notes. Puro.earth describes the strategy directly: it hosts market-trusted third-party methodologies such as CCS+ to reduce market fragmentation for large-scale developers, according to its methodologies page.

Verification capacity is being built in parallel. Puro.earth has set out specific requirements in its Certification Procedures to train Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs) to validate and verify CCS+ Program activities, according to Carbon Herald. For developers, trained VVBs are the practical gating factor: a methodology without qualified verifiers cannot issue credits at volume.

Governance and Permanence Behind the Credits

The new credit class sits inside an established governance frame. Puro.earth pioneered the world’s first standard dedicated exclusively to engineered carbon removal in 2019, and its portfolio requires storage durability of at least 100+ to 1,000+ years, according to Puro.earth. Every rule and methodology is overseen by an independent, external Advisory Board of climate scientists, established in October 2021.

The existing portfolio shows where CCS+ CRC credits will sit. Puro.earth’s Geologically Stored Carbon methodologies already cover both BECCS and DAC-based removal at 1,000+ years of durability, while biochar carries 200+ years, according to Puro.earth. The company, backed by Nasdaq, was originally designed by a group of 22 companies from 6 countries, including Fortum, IFPEN and AFRY.

Implications for Buyers and Developers

For buyers, the practical change is a new, clearly labeled durable removal unit. CCS+ CRC credits give procurement teams a registry-issued instrument for DACCS with defined permanence, which simplifies contract structuring against long-duration net zero commitments. The shared-infrastructure methodology also widens the future supply base, because projects anchored on common transport and storage hubs now have a crediting route.

For developers, the multi-program framework reduces a real transaction cost. A project developer working across jurisdictions can certify under a recognized third-party methodology inside one registry instead of maintaining parallel registry relationships. The VVB training requirements signal where verification bottlenecks could still form, so early engagement with qualified bodies will matter for first movers.

What to Watch

  • The first DACCS projects validated under the CCS+ Program and the first CCS+ CRC credit issuances in the Puro Registry.
  • Additional CCS+ pathways beyond DACCS entering the program.
  • Uptake of VVB training for CCS+ activities, which sets effective certification capacity.
  • Implementation of the revised Bio-CCS, biochar and biomass storage rules reported by Carbon Pulse.
  • Whether other standards adopt similar multi-program hosting, which would test Puro.earth’s fragmentation-reduction claim.

The direction is consistent: durable carbon removal is moving from bespoke project arrangements toward shared infrastructure and standardized registry units. The pace of certification under the new program will show how quickly that shift converts into issued supply.