China’s REC market off to slow start as green credentials questioned
Trading has been slow in the first month of China’s green certificate scheme amid a lack of demand and clarity over how it fits in with the country’s other environmental and climate programmes.
Read MoreChinese car-share firm partners with carbon specialists
A car-share company affiliated with the BAIC Group, one of China’s biggest electric vehicle makers, has teamed up with the Elion Carbon Asset Management Company to examine the potential for monetising low-carbon transport efforts.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending July 28, 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 pilot markets feel their way forward in absence of national ETS plan
Several of China’s eight regional pilot carbon markets are moving forward with 2017 allocation plans that include sectors expected to be brought into the national ETS later this year.
Read MoreChina’s Shenzhen launches trade of V2017 allowances
The China Emissions Exchange in Shenzhen on Tuesday launched trade in vintage 2017 allowances, although no deals were done on the debut day amid a lack of information about this year’s allocation plan.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending July 21, 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 MoreGerman energy exchange EEX builds foothold in China’s emerging carbon market
German energy bourse EEX has partnered with several Chinese exchanges to build its foothold in China’s emerging national ETS, advancing plans to offer trade in euro-denominated offshore carbon derivatives to let clients access the market while avoiding the political and capital restrictions that international investors typically face.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending July 14, 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 Shanghai, Fujian see near full compliance in emission markets
Out of hundreds of installations, a single Shanghai company and six emitters in Fujian province missed recent compliance deadlines in the two regions’ pilot cap-and-trade programmes.
Read MoreChina’s second biggest steel producer sets up carbon trading subsidiary
The HBIS Group, China’s second biggest steel producer, has set up a carbon subsidiary that will handle trading, offset project development, and MRV issues once its parent company gets brought into the national emissions trading scheme.
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