CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Sep. 1, 2017

Published 14:03 on September 1, 2017  /  Last updated at 15:19 on September 1, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Below is a table of the 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.

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Guangdong woos Beijing on carbon offset futures

Published 13:39 on September 1, 2017  /  Last updated at 20:48 on September 1, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

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.

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China to set up spot power markets in eight provinces

Published 11:45 on September 1, 2017  /  Last updated at 20:42 on September 1, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

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.

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Prospects brighten for effective China ETS as power market reforms take hold

Published 12:34 on August 30, 2017  /  Last updated at 22:40 on August 30, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

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.

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Uncoordinated environmental markets could double impact on China’s emitters -experts

Published 11:23 on August 30, 2017  /  Last updated at 22:45 on August 30, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

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.

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China’s Guangdong keeps ETS CO2 cap flat, brings in new companies

Published 11:35 on August 28, 2017  /  Last updated at 11:39 on August 28, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

The biggest of China’s pilot emissions trading schemes will issue the same number of CO2 permits in 2017 as last year while increasing the number of market participants by nearly 10%, the Guangdong provincial government said Monday.

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CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Aug 26, 2017

Published 17:55 on August 25, 2017  /  Last updated at 17:55 on August 25, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Below is a table of the 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.

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China’s Fujian closes in on 2017 target for forest carbon offsets

Published 10:59 on August 25, 2017  /  Last updated at 11:32 on August 25, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

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.

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China announces measures to cut pollution in 28 cities

Published 10:54 on August 24, 2017  /  Last updated at 20:23 on August 24, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

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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Hanergy’s carbon arm takes 13% hit in revenue in H1

Published 10:50 on August 23, 2017  /  Last updated at 16:35 on August 23, 2017  / /  Asia Pacific, China

The carbon arm of China’s Hanergy, the world’s biggest solar cell manufacturer, reported a 13% drop in revenue in the first half of the year due to a difficult offset market and slow developments in the national ETS.

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