Microsoft Agrees to Buy Carbon Removal Credits From BioCirc

Microsoft Corp. has signed an agreement to buy carbon credits from a Danish biogas firm.

Under the deal, the tech giant will buy some 650,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits from BioCirc Group Holding ApS, which owns a network of biomethane plants in Denmark, according to a statement. After being captured, the CO2 will be sent to a storage site under the North Sea.

The agreement comes amid signs that Microsoft has been recalibrating its carbon program, with staff tellingsome project developers the company was pausing its carbon dioxide removal (CDR) program. Employees at Microsoft, which ...