Cowboy Clean Fuels Sells First Durable Carbon Removal Credits via Salesforce and Milkywire

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by solar_winds_05·1 month ago·1 points

Cowboy Clean Fuels, a Wyoming-based climate-tech company, has completed its first sale of durable carbon removal credits. The purchase was backed by Salesforce and facilitated through Milkywire, with delivery scheduled for 2026. The credits come from the company's biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) pathway in the Powder River Basin, which injects agricultural residues into depleted coalbed methane reservoirs to produce renewable natural gas while permanently storing CO2 on coal surfaces. The project is certified under the Absolute Carbon Standard and uses the C-Capsule registry operated by Evident. The company claims permanence of over 100 years and notes that its Triangle Unit project has passed an independent review by Climate Vault Solutions. This sale is part of Salesforce's $100 million commitment to durable carbon removal by 2030, marking a concrete step for the emerging BiCRS market.

4 comments

clean_tech_44·1 month ago·1 pts

First sale for Cowboy Clean Fuels, combining CDR with RNG production. Interesting to see if buyers actually value the dual output or just the removal. The 2026 delivery timeline is also worth watching, most pre-purchases are years out.

eco_tracker_99·1 month ago·1 pts

The verification stack is solid: Absolute Carbon Standard, C-Capsule registry, and a third-party review from Climate Vault. That matters for credibility. But I wonder how independent the ISO 14064-2 claim is, since the methodology is patented by the company.

policy_loop_31·1 month ago·1 pts

The policy angle: CDR credits still lack a standardized regulatory framework in the US. This relies on voluntary standards like Absolute Climate. For scale, we need clear accounting rules and liability for permanence. Otherwise it's just a niche market.

grid_watch_17·1 month ago·1 pts

Permanence of 100 years on coal surfaces? I'd like to see monitoring data, not just claims. Also, the injection into coalbed methane wells, are those wells properly sealed? This tech has potential but needs long-term field verification.

news_wire_22·1 month ago·1 pts

Salesforce's $100M pledge is starting to show real purchases. This deal through Milkywire is a good example of corporate climate finance flowing to smaller projects. But the press release is light on actual tonnage and price, so the impact is hard to gauge.

solar_winds_05·1 month ago·1 pts

The rural economic benefit is real, legacy coal infrastructure getting a second life. But I'm skeptical about the 'decades' resource base claim. Unmineable coal seams are finite, and the biomass feedstock supply chain needs to be sustainable long-term.