Carbon Pulse

While EU carbon futures prices are increasingly seen as driving fossil fuel forward prices, researchers have found a looser relationship in the spot market and differing ones when it comes to the inverse, namely how each fuel affects EUAs.

China Southern Power Grid Co. on Friday auctioned off a small batch of offsets eligible for use in the Guangdong ETS that cleared nearly 40% above the secondary market price for allowances.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

New Zealand carbon allowances suffered a third straight day of losses on Friday, with the increasing gap to the de facto price ceiling  spurring sellers to come forward after months of near-zero trading.

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator this week issued 246,157 offsets to six projects that are all under contract with the government’s Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).

The EU has ordered Romania to recover over €60 million from utility CE Hunedoara, deeming illegal the government loans given to help the company meet its EU carbon market obligations.

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California Carbon Allowances (CCAs) rose this week as the market received more clarity on next year’s price floor and ahead of the final 2018 auction, while RGGI prices slid on thin activity.

Ontario will eliminate the province’s environmental watchdog next year, the government announced Thursday, after the independent body raised numerous concerns with Premier Doug Ford’s decision to roll back various green programmes including cap-and-trade.

Germany should cancel EUAs to avoid damping the EU ETS carbon price signal from a coal phase-out due to start next year, the country’s coal commission has reportedly recommended.

California regulator ARB may revert back to its original plan to approve cap-and-trade amendments in December rather than January, while also proposing slight changes to its mechanism for accounting for indirect emissions, according to a presentation released Thursday.

EUAs plunged to near €18 on Thursday as a number of UK ministers resigned over the Brexit deal agreed by British and EU negotiators late Wednesday, prompting fears that it will collapse and prompt emitters to sell surplus carbon units before they are locked out of the scheme next year.

China will launch its mandatory renewable energy certificate (REC) scheme next year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said as it this week rolled out updated draft rules for what will be the first of several planned national market mechanisms to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy use.

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The UK government’s cabinet of senior ministers has backed a Brexit text crafted by negotiators, Prime Minister Theresa May said late Wednesday, increasing the chances that lawmakers will endorse the EU divorce deal that keeps the country in the EU ETS until the end of 2020.

California regulator Air Resources Board (ARB) issued more than 835,000 offsets over the past three weeks, including roughly 51,000 credits before the WCI market's Nov. 1 compliance deadline, state data showed Wednesday.

EU carbon prices slipped back below €20 in another wavy session on Thursday, closing down nearly 2% despite a bullish auction result.

A mounting allowance surplus spurred by declining fuel sales in the WCI cap-and-trade programme should result in smaller price gains than previously expected following Wednesday’s auction and into the next decade, according to analysts.