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March 6, 2024

Greenlyte raises €10.5m to reduce cost of carbon removal

The German startup says it could lower cost of carbon removal to $80 a tonne

Freya Pratty

4 min read

Direct air capture technology makes a seductive promise: machines which can suck carbon dioxide directly out of the sky, removing the emissions that are heating up the world at an alarming rate. 

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Graph showing the sharp rise in number of direct air capture patents filed globally
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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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