Updated on 11th October 2026
Direct Air Capture Units
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Buyer Power Score
-2.8
Supplier-favoured −5+5 Buyer-favoured
Negotiating position for this category, scored from supplier-favoured to buyer-favoured. Equal to a supplier-favoured market into 2026 cover.
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Market size$232Mglobal, USD
CAGR34.4%base to forecast
Suppliers8tracked players
Signals6monitored
What to do
3Risk Exceptions
3U.S. Section 45Q tax credit (expanded under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022) provides up…Regulatoryenergy.govWatchStanding obligation from the research base
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10 countries · 5 lanes from 31 sourced statementsCountries
Ranked by sourced statements.United States · 4 alerts12
Canada2
Switzerland2
United Kingdom2
China2
United Arab Emirates1
Japan1
Kenya1
Germany1
Finland1
SupplierHQProfileStatus
ClimeworksZurich, SwitzerlandFounded in 2009 as an ETH Zurich spinout; the most established direct air capture company, operating the Orca (2021) and Mammoth (2024) plants in…Profiled1PointFive / Carbon Engineering (Oxy)Houston, United StatesOxy formed 1PointFive, a CCUS company, to build and deploy Direct Air Capture facilities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere and commercialize carbon…ProfiledCarbonCapture Inc.Los Angeles, United States [cite: 1.2.1]Direct air capture company founded in 2019, awarded 2023 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Its Leo Series DAC module is the size of a…ProfiledDACMA GmbHHamburg, GermanyFounded in 2019; a pioneering DAC manufacturer of high-quality DAC systems and carbon credits, with 26 employees (+17.9% YoY) and presence in the…ProfiledSoletair PowerLappeenranta, FinlandFounded in 2016, CEO Petri Laakso. Captures CO2 from the air by retrofitting buildings' HVAC systems with Direct Air Capture technology, leading to…Profiled