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deal · December 2024
Frontier ↔ Terradot
Frontier: a firm purchase of 89,998 t of enhanced rock weathering (agricultural) removal from Terradot.
BuyerFrontier
SupplierTerradot
Tonnes89,998 t
Amount$27,000,000
Price$300 per tonne
Capture pathwayEnhanced rock weathering (agricultural)
Storage mediumocean-dissolved
Commitment typefirm
Deal structureofftake
Source pathway descriptionEnhanced rock weathering (ERW) involving crushing basalt into a fine powder and spreading it on farmland in Brazil. Carbon dioxide dissolved in rainwater reacts with basalt to transform into bicarbonate, a molecule that remains stable as it washes into oceans and settles as sediment.
Storage descriptionBicarbonate transformation and ocean sediment storage
Project locationBrazil
VerificationCascade Climate (methodology development for quantifying carbon flows under ERW)
NotesGoogle participated in the investment round and contracted for an additional 200,000 removal credits separately. Frontier purchase priced at $300 per ton. Article describes this as occurring 'last month' from January 7, 2025 publication date, placing announcement in December 2024.
Durability defaultedtrue
Price derivationusd_amount/tonnes, derived not quoted
Stated tonnes at announcement90000
Tonnes notetonnes trued to the Frontier portfolio page, 2026-09-01
Previous durabilitydurable-1000y
Previous durability basispathway-default
Durability notePathway default removed; duration requires source evidence
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