Carbon compliance markets
Masdar and E.on create carbon trading venture
Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar has joined forces with German utility E.on to form E.on Masdar Integrated Carbon (EMIC), a company focused on developing carbon emission reduction projects.
Deals of the Year: CE2 Carbon Capital
CE2 completes $10 million forestry aggregation project
Canada advances carbon capture and storage
In a bid to make Canada a global leader in emissions reduction technology, government support for carbon capture & storage research and development is beginning to bear fruit, finds Pauline McCallion
Four charged with carbon trading fraud in Belgium
Four people have been formally charged by the Belgian authorities for money laundering, in an investigation into fraudulent trading in carbon emissions permits, according the Reuters news agency.
EPA proposes tightening emissions standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a tighter standard for ground-level ozone emissions in a move that could affect the US emissions trading market.
Chinese CER market in pricing limbo post Cop15
The market for long-term Chinese generated certified emission reductions (CER) units is in a pricing limbo, after China, the world’s largest carbon emissions emitter and one of the largest developers of clean development mechanism (CDM) projects, failed…
EUA market auction goes live on spot market
Leipzig-based European Energy Exchange (EEX) today launched primary market auctioning of European Union Emission Allowances (EUAs). EEX is running the primary auction for EUAs in Germany on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment.
Carbon market seen at $400bn by 2014
The global carbon emissions trading market will more than treble by 2014 from 2008 levels, reaching nearly $400 billion, according to market intelligence company ABI Research.
RGGI lawsuit settled
A challenge to the legality of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) has been settled, according to a statement from the New York State organisations involved.
Republican aims to block EPA carbon regulation
Alaskan senator Lisa Murkowski plans to file a disapproval resolution to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act.
US cap-and-trade offsets clouded by uncertainty
As US firms await climate change legislation, it looks inevitable that heavy emitters will need to invest in carbon offset projects – some of them overseas – in order to meet targets. However, the outlook for offsets is clouded by regulatory uncertainty…
Copenhagen: Derailed by hot air?
There is a skeleton in the Kyoto Protocol’s closet, and it has the potential to spook the Copenhagen talks, says Andreas Arvanitakis of Point Carbon
Energy Risk Environmental Rankings 2009
Energy Risk carried out its second annual Environmental Rankings survey this year in which respondents voted for their preferred players in emissions & renewables markets. Katie Holliday analyses the results and talks to market participants about their…
Carbon experts forecast global trading agreement by mid-2011
The outlook for the COP-15 in Copenhagen this year has been buoyed by reduction target pledges by the US and China, despite almost unanimous agreement from experts that a legally binding treaty is unlikely to be concretised. Katie Holliday and Pauline…
Tradition to market Californian carbon offset basket
Tradition, an interdealer broker and a subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Tradition, has been awarded the exclusive mandate to market the largest agricultural methane carbon offset basket in California.
World Bank sells CERs through Bluenext
The Adaptation Fund of the World Bank will sell Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) through Paris-based exchange Bluenext, it announced last week.
EEX wins primary auction contract for German EUAs
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) will run the primary auction for European emission allowances (EUAs) in Germany on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment starting in January 2010.
CCX launches new offset contract
The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) announced details of two new contracts on Friday, covering certain types of US offset and direct emission cuts taken in the US.
Merger to create biggest UK carbon company
Two UK-based carbon trading investment funds are set to merge and create the UK's largest carbon company.
Cap-and-trade bill passed by Senate committee
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) passed the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act by 11 votes to one today, with all seven Republican committee members absent from the vote.