China ETS seen to have only marginal economic impact on coal generators
Even the poorest performers among China’s coal-fired power generators are only likely to face minor costs from the national CO2 emissions trading scheme, according to analysts.
Read MoreGuangdong woos Beijing on carbon offset futures
Guangdong officials this week presented plans to launch carbon offset futures trading to key central government agencies, as the southern province hopes to secure a share of China’s emerging emissions market.
Read MoreChina to set up spot power markets in eight provinces
China will introduce spot power contracts in eight provinces next year to test daily and potentially real-time trading that would likely further improve the system’s sensitivity to a carbon price.
Read MoreHead of China operations leaves carbon brokers Virtuse
The head of Czech brokers Virtuse’s China office has left the company.
Read MoreICIS’ lead China carbon analyst to leave for Shell trading desk
ICIS’ chief China carbon market analyst is leaving the company to join Shell’s emissions trading desk in Beijing.
Read MoreProspects brighten for effective China ETS as power market reforms take hold
More than a fifth of China’s electricity was traded in the country’s nascent regional markets in the first half of the year, data showed Wednesday, increasing the outlook for a price on carbon to influence power generation.
Read MoreUncoordinated environmental markets could double impact on China’s emitters -experts
China’s uncoordinated plans to set up several energy-related environmental markets could double the economic impact on companies forced to comply with them, according to experts.
Read MoreCARBON FORWARD: As China readies world’s biggest carbon market, key questions remain unanswered
China is set to launch its long-awaited national emissions trading scheme within the next four months, but major uncertainties linger as the government has yet to clarify who will join the market and how it will work.
Read MoreChina’s Fujian closes in on 2017 target for forest carbon offsets
Officials in China’s Fujian have approved five forestry projects that can generate a total 920,000 offsets at first issuance, close to the official target of cutting 1 million tonnes of CO2e annually from the province’s forest carbon programme.
Read MoreChina announces measures to cut pollution in 28 cities
The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Thursday announced a raft of new policies designed at cutting air pollution across 28 cities in northern China, a move that is also likely to lead to deeper CO2 emission reductions in ETS sectors.
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