Carbonaires Launches RFP for Offtake-Backed Financing of High-Integrity Carbon Removal Projects

Carbon removal specialist opens structured financing round for engineered and nature-based projects with a minimum offtake contract value of $3 million.

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An RFP for Offtake-Backed Carbon Removal Projects

Carbonaires today opens its Request for Proposals (RFP) for offtake-backed financing of high-integrity carbon removal projects globally.

The RFP is open to all engineered and nature-based carbon removal pathways, including biochar, enhanced rock weathering, BECCS, direct air capture, mineralisation, afforestation and reforestation, soil carbon and blue carbon. Projects must hold a signed or imminent offtake agreement with a minimum contract value of $3 million.

Financing is arranged against each project’s existing or imminent offtake, with investment size determined case by case. Credits flow to the offtake counterparty or are retired under the terms of the offtake agreement.

Closing the Carbon Removal Financing Gap

High-quality carbon removal projects are often constrained not by science, demand, or technology readiness, but by limited access to appropriately structured capital. This is most acute for project developers at the frontier, where projects are frequently ahead of available financing structures. This RFP connects qualified projects with Carbonaires’ global network of institutional investors through a structured process. This RFP is designed to close that financing gap.

The carbon removal market has the projects and it has the buyers. What it has consistently lacked is the financial infrastructure to connect them at scale. This RFP is part of how we build that infrastructure.

— Rasih Ozturkmen, CEO and Co-Founder, Carbonaires

Established Infrastructure for Carbon Removal Financing

For four years, Carbonaires has focused on building the high-integrity supply side of the carbon market. It has developed the financial infrastructure to scale carbon removal, originating projects, structuring financing, and executing offtake-backed transactions as a financial counterparty to developers.

Combining capital markets and trade finance experience with scientific expertise, Carbonaires delivers investment-grade opportunities for institutional investors. This was demonstrated through a landmark, first-of-a-kind transaction with UBS in 2024 and is now being deployed across a growing pipeline. Through this RFP, Carbonaires extends access to meet increasing demand.

How the Process Works

Carbonaires will assess applications through a structured and transparent evaluation framework, focusing on carbon integrity, delivery confidence, financial robustness, governance, and overall strategic fit. The process is pathway-agnostic, with projects evaluated on the credibility of their carbon claims, likelihood of delivery against contracted volumes, and the strength of the proposed financing structure.

Key Dates

• RFP open: 27 April 2026
• Deadline for questions: 8 May 2026
• Responses to questions issued: 15 May 2026
• Submission deadline: 22 May 2026
• Round 1 decision communicated: 5 June 2026
• Final decision communicated: 19 June 2026

Questions should be submitted via the Carbonaires RFP platform. Responses will be issued to all applicants simultaneously.

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Project developers can register and submit an application on the Carbonaires RFP Hub at rfp.carbonaires.com/signup.

About Carbonaires

Carbonaires is a carbon removal specialist working with corporates, investors and project developers to build high-integrity carbon removal portfolios. The firm combines carbon market expertise, financial structuring, global project origination, portfolio construction and proprietary technology in a single integrated offering. Carbonaires was recognised by Fast Company as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators 2025 and was ranked in the Environmental Finance Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2025.

Carbonaires is not a marketplace and not a broker. It operates at the level of financial and market infrastructure: originating projects, structuring transactions, constructing portfolios and deploying capital.