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Google signs largest rock-weathering deal on 200,000 hectares
The Economic Times··18 Sept
Google agreed its largest carbon-removal deal yet with Terradot for a rock-weathering project spanning more than 200,000 hectares in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, executives told Reuters. It plans 1 million metric tons of methane-abatement credits by 2030 and 1 million tons of carbon-removal credits by 2040. Randy Spock said the carbon-removal portion is 10 times larger than earlier deals.
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What It Means For You
- Google's Brazil project aims to cut rice-paddy methane and remove carbon dioxide on more than 200,000 hectares.
- Credits are split: 1 million metric tons of methane-abatement credits by 2030 and 1 million tons of carbon-removal credits by 2040.
- Randy Spock said the carbon-removal portion is 10 times larger than earlier rock-weathering deals Google backed.
What's Happening
- Google agreed its largest carbon-removal deal yet with Terradot for enhanced rock weathering in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Executives told Reuters the project spans more than 200,000 hectares and pairs methane abatement with carbon removal.
- Spock, Google's head of carbon removal, said the model is meant as a template for later projects.
How Rock Weathering Works
- Enhanced rock weathering speeds a natural process in which certain rocks absorb CO2 from the air.
- Rice paddies account for 10 to 12 percent of global methane emissions, according to a 2021 assessment cited in the report.
- Google took an equity stake in Terradot in 2024 and is expanding carbon-removal buys against data-centre emissions.
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