EU power demand to see limited recovery this year, stronger from 2025 -analysts

Published 09:00 on January 24, 2024  /  Last updated at 14:33 on January 23, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

Power demand across the EU is forecast to see a slow recovery in 2024, according to an outlook published by analysts on Wednesday, while a recovering economy and electrification will support consumption between 2025 and 2027.

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EU ministers discuss agriculture protections, not emissions reductions

Published 18:39 on January 23, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:39 on January 23, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

EU agriculture ministers called on Tuesday for greater measures to protect the agricultural sector, which is battling a number of challenges, but omitted any specific mention of how to tackle the related emissions.

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World’s first large-scale green steel project receives €4.75 bln in new funding

Published 17:25 on January 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 17:25 on January 22, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

H2 Green Steel has raised €4.75 billion in new funding to build the world’s first large-scale green steel project in the northern Swedish town of Boden, the company announced on Monday.

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Carbon removal companies call for technology neutrality as certification framework enters final talks

Published 16:57 on January 22, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:57 on January 22, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, Voluntary

A group of carbon removal stakeholders is calling on EU institutions to ensure technology neutrality in the EU’s carbon removal bill, as it approaches the final crunch time of the EU legislative process, ahead of Tuesday’s talks between the European Parliament, European Commission, and Council of EU states.

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Weak power and gas prices to push EUAs lower in 2024, say analysts

Published 15:42 on January 18, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:42 on January 18, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, International

Power and gas prices are unlikely to strengthen in 2024, analysts at a European utility said on Thursday, which will have a dampening effect on EUAs.

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EU needs to align ETS and policies with fossil fuel phaseout -scientific advisory board

Published 23:01 on January 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:29 on January 17, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

More work is needed across all sectors to achieve the EU’s climate objectives out to 2050, including adjusting the ETS and making policies fully consistent with a fossil fuels phaseout, according to the board of scientists advising the bloc on climate change.

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Swiss carbon capture firm announces next round of funding

Published 15:28 on January 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 15:28 on January 17, 2024  / /  EMEA, Voluntary

A Swiss carbon capture firm has opened its next series of funding in order to expand its operations and add new storage sites across Europe and the UK, it announced on Wednesday.

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Voluntary carbon marketplace partners with another credit ratings agency

Published 10:54 on January 17, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:55 on January 17, 2024  / /  EMEA, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

A UK-based voluntary carbon credit marketplace announced another partnership with a ratings agency on Wednesday.

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Coal unions, an uncooperative president stand in the way of Polish climate ambitions

Published 18:00 on January 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 18:00 on January 15, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS, International

The Polish government will have to tackle powerful coal unions and appease an uncooperative president in order to follow through on intentions to set an end date for coal and target climate neutrality by 2050, according to experts.

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ArcelorMittal and France to invest €1.8 bln to cut steel emissions

Published 10:52 on January 15, 2024  /  Last updated at 10:52 on January 15, 2024  / /  EMEA, EU ETS

The world’s second-largest steel producer ArcelorMittal and the French state will invest €1.8 billion to reduce the carbon footprint at its two primary steelmaking sites in France, shaving the country’s industrial emissions by 6%, the French economy and energy minister has said.

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