DAC and Beccs are unlikely to attract investment owing to cheaper credits from lower-quality projects
Offset oversupply threatens carbon removal tech
Surplus offsets in voluntary carbon market could depress prices to 2050 and deter investment in more expensive removal methods, says BloombergNEF
Carbon-removal technologies including direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture (Beccs) could miss out on the investment needed to scale them up over the coming decades because of oversupply in the voluntary offset market, according to research firm BloombergNEF. In a scenario where the dynamics of the voluntary market remain as they are today, oversupply could result in offset prices in 2050 being as low as $35/t. This would mean marginal demand for offsets, even as demand peaks in 2050, could be met by much cheaper credits from lower-quality projects, effectively pricing DAC and Beccs out of the market, BloombergNEF analysts told a recent presentation of the firm’s Volunta
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