Carbon Pulse

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

Three African nations have now signed deforestation reduction agreements under the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) that could form the base of possible international emissions trade, with more deals expected to come later this year.

California fuel consumption dropped for the third consecutive month in April as diesel sales remain below 2018 totals, while power generation continues to dip amid milder weather in the Golden State, according to datasets.

German emitters increased their EU Allowance buying in June as prices rallied, a government report published on Friday showed.

European carbon prices slipped back on Friday, consolidating yesterday's strong gains and holding above €29.

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Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week. All prices are in RMB, and volumes in tonnes of CO2e. Data sourced from local exchanges.

Australia’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has barely contributed to cutting carbon output since 2017, as over the past 18 months contract terminations have shed almost as much volume from the fund’s portfolio as the Clean Energy Regulator has signed in auctions.

TOP STORY Australia sees spectacular volume drop at latest ERF auction Last week’s Emissions Reduction Fund auction contracted just 59,000 carbon credits from three projects, Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator said Thursday, by far the lowest volume of any of the nine auctions held so far. AMERICAS RGGI emissions crater in Q2 2019 on thin Maryland […]

California Carbon Allowance (CCA) prices fell to a one-month low this week on moderate pre-auction volume on the secondary market, while RGGI allowances (RGAs) dove on bearish emissions data.

Nearly all of the 22 power plants regulated under Massachusetts’ Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) cap-and-trade programme are operating underneath the programme's 2019 carbon limit through the first half of the year, according to emissions data released Thursday.

US RGGI cap-and-trade emissions plunged during the second quarter of 2019, as Maryland and New York-based power generators significantly curtailed their CO2 output amid mild weather in the northeast region.

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Germany’s RWE on Thursday announced it would close its 1.56GW Aberthaw B coal-fired power station next year due to “challenging” market conditions – a move that will leave just four such plants operating in the UK.

European carbon prices on Thursday resoundingly bounced back from yesterday's two-week low, with buyers racing to pick up allowances as a month of slashed sale volumes began.

New Zealand’s announcement this week that it will cancel all privately held Kyoto units in its registry without compensation will invalidate more than 16 million credits, according to a Cabinet paper.

Last week’s Emissions Reduction Fund auction contracted just 59,000 carbon credits from three projects, Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator said Thursday, by far the lowest volume of any of the nine auctions held so far.

A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.

California regulator ARB is planning to stay the course with its proposed maximum price for Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits, while floating further changes to the potential borrowed credits mechanism and existing Credit Clearance Market process.