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CERs come of age
A secondary market for certified emissions reductions generated by the Clean Development Mechanism now exists – but its emergence has been patchy, with some significant developments, along with some ongoing uncertainty. Point Carbon's research and…
Gas pipeline sparks negative UK prices
UK gas prices fell to below zero last month, during the testing of a new pipeline. Now the pipeline is open, does more chaos ensue?
Platform for production
While a healthy flow of new oil is forecast to come on stream over the next few years, there's concern that projects will be held up by a lack of infrastructure, particularly rig availability and personnel, finds Roderick Bruce
Western congestion
Despite huge strides to improve power transmission efficiency in California since 2001, the region is still flagged a 'critical congestion area' by the US Department of Energy. Neil O'Hara looks at the state of play
Weathering oil risk
Managing weather risk is increasingly important for petroleum companies. Murad Jivraj looks at how optimal oil risk management can be obtained through combining traditional structured products with new weather derivatives
Future imperfect
Hedging physical deals with derivatives may be active risk management, but if the physical contract is breached, it can result in unnecessary losses. Andrew Meads looks at whether the innocent party can recover these losses
VC funds clean up
Investment in clean energy technology is attracting new venture capital money even as the traditional investors, electric utilities, are withdrawing. In the first of a two-part series, Catherine Lacoursière investigates the latest financing trends in…
Modelling natural gas futures returns
In this article, Mats Kjaer and Ehud Ronn propose and estimate the correlation matrix of natural gas futures returns. They describe the relationship between the correlation and the time between two contracts' maturities, along with the number of 'April'…