Puro.earth has released its CCS+ methodology documents, listing direct air capture and geological storage (DACCS) as the first pathway implemented under its CCS+ Program. 

With the CCS+ Program, Puro.earth brings carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methodologies by the CCS+ Initiative into its certification procedures.

Its multi-program approach, on the other hand, enables CDR projects to certify under different recognized programs within the same trusted infrastructure.  

Moving forward, CO2 removal credits certified under the CCS+ Program will be issued as CCS+ CRC credits in the Puro Registry. For DACCS suppliers, this enables Puro.earth certification for capture, transport, and storage that issues CCS+ CRC credits for verified DACCS performance. 

Puro has also provided specific requirements in its Certification Procedures that can help train Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs) to validate and verify CCS+ Program activities. 

The CCS+ methodology 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.

Included in the published documents is a CCS+ Carbon Capture and Storage Methodology, along with modules on Direct Air Capture, CO2 Transport for CCS Projects, and CO2 Storage in Saline Aquifers. 

The CCS+ Program publication also provides a tool for differentiating reductions and removals in CCS projects and a tool for CO2 accounting in CCS projects using shared infrastructure.

Lastly, the published documents include a Puro.earth CCS+ Program Annex that outlines the program-specific requirements that apply alongside the Puro.earth Certification Procedures and the CCS+ Initiative’s methodology documents. 

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