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Cost per tonne removed
Latest
$600/t USD/t
2025
Goal
$100/t
economic-scale threshold
Time series
Definition Frontier cost to capture and store one tonne of CO₂ ($/t) — lower is better. Today's plants run roughly $400–1,000/t; the industry target is ~$100/t, the level at which large-scale removal becomes economic. Figures are operator estimates and fall as plants scale.
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