en.Wedoany.com Reported - Deep Sky has signed an offtake agreement for direct air capture (DAC) credits with Lufthansa Group, marking the latest collaboration between a carbon removal infrastructure developer and an airline in the decarbonization space.
The agreement aims to integrate energy supply, carbon capture, and storage into a coherent system capable of achieving measurable emission reductions in high-carbon-intensity industries. Deep Sky noted a widening gap between surging CO₂ removal demand and constrained supply, with the energy intensity of DAC technology becoming a renewed focus. These systems require reliable access to low-carbon electricity, land, and storage infrastructure, positioning them as part of the energy landscape rather than standalone climate solutions.
Deep Sky's strategy focuses on controlling key inputs such as clean electricity, geological storage, and capture technology to ensure the permanence and traceability of carbon removal. Its credits are backed by rigorous verification processes, registry issuance, and permanent storage. Guillaume Devaux, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Deep Sky, stated that collaborating with Lufthansa Group to accelerate DAC credits in aviation reflects market momentum and the importance of quality, credibility, and delivery in carbon removal, noting that the aviation industry is increasingly integrating carbon removal into its decarbonization efforts and sustainability strategies.
For Lufthansa, early engagement with DAC is about both offsetting emissions and shaping future energy needs. By supporting emerging carbon removal technologies, the group helps stimulate the clean electricity and infrastructure investments required to scale such technologies. Lufthansa has partnered with Airbus, Climeworks, and Deep Sky as part of its expanding climate and energy transition portfolio. Deep Sky's own partners include Microsoft and the Royal Bank of Canada, with Microsoft having purchased credits to access a broader portfolio of DAC technologies.
Adrian Wons, CEO and founder of Senken, stated that quality is the single most important factor in today's voluntary carbon market, and his company facilitated the collaboration between Lufthansa and Deep Sky after rigorous assessment of the technical and environmental integrity of the projects. Backed by over $130 million from investors including Investissement Québec, Brightspark Ventures, Whitecap Venture Partners, OMERS Ventures, and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, Deep Sky is positioning itself at the intersection of energy infrastructure and carbon management.
Lufthansa Group has restructured its climate protection portfolio to place greater emphasis on technology-led solutions, combining emission reductions with long-term carbon removal. Its approach reflects a broader shift across the aviation industry toward integrating energy procurement, sustainable fuels, and carbon capture into a unified decarbonization strategy. Through its customer-facing platform, Lufthansa offers 14 certified climate protection projects, with approximately 20% focused on permanent CO₂ removal. Nina Sproedt, Head of Sustainability at Lufthansa Group, stated that climate protection projects complement the group's own emission reduction measures, and through a carefully curated portfolio, the group is increasingly focusing on technology-based projects to achieve long-term CO₂ storage.
In 2025 alone, passenger contributions have supported projects across multiple regions exceeding 710,000 tonnes of CO₂. To provide this portfolio, Lufthansa collaborates with partners such as myclimate, First Climate, Ceezer, Senken, Climeworks, and 1PointFive. Projects cover avoidance measures like renewable energy and clean cooking, as well as removal methods such as reforestation, biochar, and DACCS (Direct Air Capture with Carbon Storage). Advanced DACCS solutions are becoming increasingly central, capturing CO₂ from ambient air and storing it underground, reinforcing the role of energy-backed carbon removal in future aviation decarbonization.
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