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Manager Carbon Offsets, Beschaffung und Lieferantenbe, ClimatePartner – Munich
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China announces tender system to push down wind power costs
China will introduce a tender system for new utility-scale wind power plants in a bid to cut costs and reduce wasted generation, the nation’s energy regulator said Thursday.
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NZ Market: NZUs drop to 7-wk lows in slow trade
New Zealand carbon allowances have dropped to their lowest levels since early April amid a lack of significant demand ahead of next week’s compliance deadline.
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SK Market: Korean CO2 extends highs as compliance rush builds momentum
South Korean carbon permits rose another 1.8% on Thursday to extend yesterday’s 5.5-month high as emitters continued to scramble for the trickle of available supply in the tight market.
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CBL Markets, UNFCCC in deal to trade CERs on exchange operator’s platform
Energy and environmental commodity exchange operator CBL Markets has agreed a partnership with the UN’s climate change secretariat to list spot CERs on its trading platform, it announced on Wednesday.
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CP Daily: Wednesday May 23, 2018
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Voluntary carbon market unwise to continue outside blurred lines of Paris Agreement, experts warn
Voluntary carbon market developers risk being crowded out of existence by increasingly expansive climate policies worldwide unless they quickly work out a way to earn revenues within the scope of the Paris Agreement, experts said at an event on Wednesday.
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Another group of carbon trading fraudsters convicted by French court
All 36 people on trial over a €385-million tax fraud using the EU carbon market have been convicted by a Paris court.
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California’s ARB doles out 176k new offsets to three projects
California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) handed out some 176,400 carbon offsets to three initiatives this week, with a new ODS project taking home the bulk of the credits.
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WCI auction sells out, bucking analyst predictions
The second quarterly WCI auction of 2018 cleared above the floor price with buyers again purchasing all current units available, countering worries that political uncertainty in Ontario would lead to an under-subscribed result.
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EU Market: EUAs hold near €16 despite double showing of weak auctions
European carbon prices held around €16 and within sight of recent highs despite two fairly weak auction results on Wednesday.
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US forest carbon offset markets could be bolstered through reverse auctions, say experts
The slower-than-planned uptake of forest-based carbon offsetting in the US could be buoyed by a reverse auction system that provides cost certainty and flexibility for landowners, according to experts.
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Research Assistant, ICTSD/ERCST – Brussels
The European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition in Brussels, which is under the umbrella of International Institute for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), is seeking an Research Assistant to work for 6 months starting in June/July 2018, with a possibility for extending the contract.
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Flexibility options weigh on regulator as it carves out details on Australia’s NEG
Australia’s Energy Security Board backs a limit of around 10% on banking emissions over-achievement under the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG), but it has posed a number of questions regarding the use of flexibility options to stakeholders while leaving the use of offsets up to the government.
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Japan’s first non-fossil power auction might fuel offset trade
The Japan Electric Power Exchange (JEPX) has held its first auction of non-fossil fuel power certificates, which some observers say might spark more interest in using market-based tools to meet carbon targets.
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China to include environment and profitability in coal investment restrictions
China will for the first time include environmental capacity and economic return as factors in restricting new investment in coal-fired power generation, according to a leaked note from the National Energy Administration (NEA).
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Shenzhen council pays ETS companies for saved CO2 permits
The council in Shenzhen’s richest city district has extended a funding scheme for local emitters based on how many CO2 permits remain unused when complying with the Chinese city's pilot emissions trading scheme.
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SK Market: KAUs rise to 5.5-mth highs on strong demand
South Korean carbon permits rose to their highest level of 2018 on Wednesday as many traders remain concerned whether supply will be sufficient for everyone to comply by the annual June 30 deadline.
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CP Daily: Tuesday May 22, 2018
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