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Permanent BioCCS Carbon Removals from Central Europe.

Corporate net-zero frameworks now require permanent carbon dioxide removal alongside steep, rapid emissions reductions. We arrange BioCCS projects in Austria, offer offtake agreements so your company can secure capacity before the market tightens, and deliver EU-CRCF certified Carbon Removal Units (CRUs).

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Built around EU Carbon Removal Certification Framework ESRS disclosure Independent third-party verification SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0 EU Emissions Trading System
The challenge

Quality supply is
scarce and technical.

Corporate net-zero strategies under the SBTi and disclosure duties under the CSRD both point to permanent carbon dioxide removal for residual emissions — a category where credible, verifiable supply is scarce.

blaukos bridges that gap: we arrange BioCCS projects, manage the full MRV process, and deliver EU-CRCF certified CRUs under offtake agreements.

Regulatory scrutiny is increasing

Reporting and target-setting rules now ask what a removal actually is, how it was verified, and where it is registered. Unverified units no longer satisfy that standard.

Verified capacity is limited

BioCCS capacity in Central Europe is at an early stage. Companies that establish positions now gain both price and supply certainty.

The CRCF is technical and new

Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 sets precise methodological requirements. Assessing whether a unit genuinely qualifies takes specialist knowledge most teams do not yet have in-house.

Why now

Compliance and voluntary markets are
setting rules for carbon removals.

Until 2026, demand for permanent removals rested on voluntary commitments. Now both the leading voluntary standard and the EU's compliance market set out dated, quantified removal requirements.

Voluntary market · published June 2026

SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2.0

The revised standard takes effect on 1 February 2027 and, for the first time, puts removals on a dated path rather than leaving them to the net-zero year.

  • From 2035, Category A companies must support removals equivalent to at least 1 % of ongoing scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, rising linearly to full coverage in the net-zero year
  • Within that share, long-lived removals start at 10 % in 2035 and rise to 100 % by the net-zero year — the category BioCCS belongs to
  • Only verified removals qualify. Avoidance and reduction units do not, and no unit may be counted towards a scope 1, 2 or 3 target

Final standard. Validation under V2.0 opens in Q1 2027; V2.0 becomes mandatory for target submissions after 31 January 2028.

Compliance market · proposed July 2026

EU ETS revision: the Commission as central buyer

The Commission's proposal for Phase 5 of the EU Emissions Trading System (2031–2040) couples an increase in the cap to the purchase of certified permanent removals — public demand, centrally managed.

01 · Supply

Cap increase

250 million additional allowances, plus a 10 million contingency, added to the ETS cap for 2031–2040.

02 · Proceeds

Commission auctions

The Commission auctions those allowances across 2031–2040. The proceeds are earmarked exclusively for buying certified removals.

03 · Purchase

A Removals Authority buys

The Commission, acting as a central Removals Authority, procures an equivalent amount of permanent domestic removals. Analysts note the tonnage actually delivered will depend on the auction clearing price.

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04 · Effect

Plannable demand

A demand signal of 48 million tonnes per year by 2040, with volume and quality control in the Commission's hands.

Status: legislative proposal, not law. Parliament and Council are to set their positions by the end of 2026, with trilogues targeted for Q1 2027.

Our solution

Certified removals that
hold up to scrutiny.

We arrange BioCCS projects across Austria and Central Europe, manage the full MRV process, and deliver CRUs that meet the requirements of demanding ESG frameworks.

01

EU-CRCF compliant removal

Units certified under Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 using the delegated act methodology — the reference standard for EU corporate climate claims.

02

Rigorous MRV process

Full measurement, reporting and verification covering capture, transport and geological storage — independently audited by accredited third-party verifiers.

03

Central European origin

Austrian and Central European biogenic point sources, minimising transport emissions and ensuring strong alignment with EU regulatory requirements.

The science

How BioCCS removes CO₂
from the atmosphere.

1

Biogenic carbon uptake

Biomass absorbs atmospheric CO₂ as it grows. The carbon is held temporarily in the organic material.

2

Industrial process release

At biomethane plants, biogas upgrading units and pulp mills, biogenic CO₂ leaves the process as a concentrated stream or as flue gas — normally vented to the atmosphere.

3

Capture and permanent storage

Working with plant and storage partners, we arrange the capture, liquefaction, transport and geological injection of this CO₂ — permanently removing it from the atmosphere.

4

CRU issued

After independent verification, one unit per tonne of net removal is issued in the registry of a Commission-recognised certification scheme. The Union registry required by Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 is to be established by 2028.

Working with blaukos

A clear process,
from first call to retirement.

Phase 1 — Understand

Define your needs

  • You tell us about your need to balance out residual emissions and your ESG framework requirements
  • We identify the right volume, timing, and certification standard
  • We draft a term sheet with quality criteria, pricing, and delivery schedule
Phase 2 — Secure

Offtake agreement

  • You sign an offtake agreement locking in volume and price
  • We provide regular project updates and milestone reports
  • blaukos handles all regulatory, technical, and MRV logistics
Phase 3 — Retire

Claim your removal

  • We help you open a registry account and transfer your CRUs
  • You retire your CRUs against residual emissions and report them in line with your ESG framework
  • Full audit trail available for regulators, investors and your customers
A proven mechanism

A comparison: From green power certificates
to Carbon Removal Units.

Anyone who receives a power bill marked “100% renewable” already knows the principle. Behind that claim sits a Guarantee of Origin (GoO): an electronic certificate confirming that one megawatt-hour was generated from renewable sources and fed into the grid.

The BioCCS certificate follows exactly the same logic — applied to carbon removal rather than electricity. The regulatory frameworks are closely related, and the market precedent is clear.

By 2025, close to half of all electricity consumed in Europe — 49 %, up by 6 % on the previous year — was explicitly tracked through certificates, against 1,530 TWh of recorded cancellations. From an instrument introduced in 2001, Guarantees of Origin have become a standard element of corporate energy reporting.

Association of Issuing Bodies, European Residual Mix 2025 · aib-net.org · legal basis: Art. 19 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (RED II), as amended by Directive (EU) 2023/2413

The BioCCS market is today where the GoO market was 20 years ago. EU regulation is in place, initial methodologies are active, and the first buyers have signed agreements. What is missing is the market infrastructure for scaling — and that is exactly what blaukos is building. We originate durable removal supply at the biogenic source and structure it into tradable CRUs.

Five-step comparison · Guarantee of Origin vs. CRU
Guarantee of Origin

Generation

Wind or solar feeds renewable electricity into the grid.

Guarantee of Origin

Registration

Plant and output registered in the national register.

Guarantee of Origin

Issuance

One certificate per MWh, after independent verification.

Guarantee of Origin

Transfer

Certificates transferred via electronic registry accounts.

Guarantee of Origin

Cancellation

Supplier cancels the certificate to label electricity as renewable.

CRU

Capture

The plant captures biogenic CO₂, which is then stored geologically.

CRU

Registration

Project, volume and storage documented and independently verified.

CRU

Issuance

One unit per tonne permanently stored, issued in the scheme registry after independent verification.

CRU

Transfer

Units transferred between blaukos and the buyer in the registry.

CRU

Retirement

The company retires units to neutralise residual emissions (SBTi) and discloses them under ESRS (CSRD).

1
Guarantee of Origin · reference

Generation

Wind or solar feeds renewable electricity into the grid.

CRU

Capture

The plant captures biogenic CO₂, which is then stored geologically.

2
Guarantee of Origin

Registration

Plant and output registered in the national register.

CRU

Registration

Project, volume and storage documented and independently verified.

3
Guarantee of Origin

Issuance

One certificate per MWh, after independent verification.

CRU

Issuance

One unit per tonne permanently stored, issued in the scheme registry after independent verification.

4
Guarantee of Origin

Transfer

Certificates transferred via electronic registry accounts.

CRU

Transfer

Units transferred between blaukos and the buyer in the registry.

5
Guarantee of Origin

Cancellation

Supplier cancels the certificate to label electricity as renewable.

CRU

Retirement

The company retires units to neutralise residual emissions (SBTi) and discloses them under ESRS (CSRD).

The team

Built on regulatory and
technical expertise.

Moritz Tiefenthaler
Co-CEO & Co-Founder

Moritz is the regulatory architect of blaukos. With four years of experience at the Ministry for Climate Action (BMK), where he was responsible for Carbon Management and CO₂ certification, he safely navigates clients through the complexities of CRCF, ETS, and CSRD. As a legal specialist, he ensures that stored CO₂ is transformed into legally compliant, high-quality certificates that meet your needs. His personal drive comes from the conviction that climate goals are best achieved when legal integrity meets economic opportunity.

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Lorenz Lechner
Co-CEO & Co-Founder

Lorenz forms the technical backbone of blaukos. A process engineer by education, he brings four years of industrial experience as Head of Decarbonisation at Alpacem, where he investigated how to integrate carbon capture into running industrial processes. He manages the technical feasibility and scaling of our projects, ensuring they create tangible value. Passionate about pragmatic solutions, his goal is to help industry make the physical transition to net zero.

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carbon removal strategy.

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