Carbon Pulse

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

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has issued over 825,000 carbon credits over the past two weeks, with energy firm EDL LFG earning over four-fifths of them from landfills and coal mine gas projects across the country.

New onshore wind and solar power generators can for the first time compete with existing thermal plants due to EUA prices climbing above €20 and higher fossil fuel prices, environmental campaigners said Friday.

Treasurer Scott Morrison on Friday ousted Malcolm Turnbull to become Australia’s new prime minister, a move likely to push climate change even further down the government’s agenda, but the defeat of right-winger Peter Dutton makes it less probable the nation will seek an exit from the Paris Agreement.

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California carbon prices rose this week following Tuesday’s publication of the linked WCI market’s sold-out quarterly auction result, after some entities had looked to turn a profit immediately after the data was made public.

EU carbon allowances could rise to €25 before the end of the year, according to growing number of analysts, extending a year-long rally that has already seen prices quadruple to their highest level in a decade.

The UK will publish a technical notice focused on the EU ETS by the end of next month, a source told Carbon Pulse, which will set out a plan and provide advice in the case that Britain leaves the bloc with no deal in 2019.

New Zealand carbon allowances reached NZ$24.65 ($16.45) on Thursday, just 35 cents below the government’s fixed price option, with some market participants expecting to see trades above that level soon.

EU carbon prices broke above €20 in a surging 4% move early Thursday, as a strong auction result triggered further buying.

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The California Assembly this week sent a bill to Governor Jerry Brown’s office that would avert GHG increases stemming from the scheduled closure of the state’s last remaining nuclear power facility, bolstering the state’s commitment to clean energy resources over the next decade.

California regulator ARB doled out roughly 264,600 California Carbon Offsets (CCOs) this week as forestry projects took home over 89% of the credits issued.

European carbon prices got within a few cents of €20 on Wednesday to continue their August bull-run that has repeatedly extended a decade-high amid curtailed auction supply.

Investors have piled into the EU ETS over the past year as prices have trebled, seeking exposure to lucrative returns that may last for years as carbon is predicted to double in value again.

China’s Guangdong province has issued nearly 200,000 carbon credits under its regional programme that supplies the local emissions trading scheme with offsets in the absence of a functional national system.

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The UN's CDM Executive Board has registered a Korean-funded emission reduction programme in Bangladesh, a move expected to trigger a wave of fresh investments in schemes that can generate carbon credits eligible for use in the Korean emissions trading scheme.