CN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending May 12, 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 MoreTrimmed China ETS to cover at least 5 billion tonnes of CO2 from start -analysts
China’s national ETS will probably only include three or four sectors when it launches later this year, analysts said, but it will still regulate 5-5.5 billion tonnes of CO2 per year, making it by far the world’s largest market by coverage from the outset.
Read MoreChina preps allowance allocation rules for three sectors to kickstart ETS
China has drawn up draft allocation rules for the three sectors expected to be covered by its national carbon market from the outset, revealing plans to hold back a large share of permits until ex-post adjustments are done in order to guard against potentially faulty historical emissions data.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending May 5, 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 MoreCN Markets: Compliance costs fall in Beijing ETS as traders scrap for business
Specialised carbon traders in the Chinese capital’s pilot CO2 market are seeing margins squeezed as competition grows and compliance firms learn that allowances can be bought at deep discounts to exchange prices.
Read MoreSichuan carbon exchange looking for voluntary market for offset demand
The Sichuan United Environment Exchange (SUEEX), one of nine Chinese exchanges with government clearance to offer carbon trading, is calling for policies to drive up voluntary demand for carbon offsets in the absence of clarity over the compliance use of the credits in the national emissions trading scheme.
Read MoreCN Markets: Pilot market data for week ending Apr 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 MoreHanergy carbon subsidiary blames losses on China’s offset restrictions
The Hanergy Carbon Asset Management Co., the carbon arm of one of China’s biggest renewable energy firms, posted a loss for the third successive year in 2016 amid tighter offset restrictions in the regional pilot CO2 markets.
Read MoreCN Markets: Chongqing CO2 allowances crash to all-time lows
Carbon prices in China’s least active emissions trading market fell to record lows this week, after plummeting by some 91% over the past month as a flood of allowances came to market.
Read MoreRebound for carbon-intensive industries pushes up China’s power consumption
China’s power consumption grew at a higher-than-expected rate in the first three months of the year thanks to a resurgence in carbon-intensive manufacturing industries that has pushed up fossil-fuelled power generation, according to official data.
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