CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Sep. 1, 2017
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.
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 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 MoreChina’s Guangdong keeps ETS CO2 cap flat, brings in new companies
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.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Aug 26, 2017
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.
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.
Read MoreHanergy’s carbon arm takes 13% hit in revenue in H1
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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