CN Markets: CEAs extend losses amid bearish sentiment, liquidity improves

Published 11:13 on May 16, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:13 on May 16, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Permit prices in China’s national emissions market fell below the RMB 70 ($9.71) threshold for the first time in 16 months, with analysts expecting the bearish sentiment to extend into the second half of this year.

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China should include clean energy share target in 2035 NDC, report says

Published 07:51 on May 16, 2025  /  Last updated at 07:51 on May 16, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China should add a clean energy share target to its 2035 nationally determined contribution (NDC), given that wind and solar sources alone could contribute more than 40% of total power generation by 2030, according to a paper released this week.

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HK-listed energy firm in push for building-sector carbon credits

Published 08:43 on May 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:43 on May 15, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China, Voluntary

A Hong Kong-listed energy service provider has tapped into the voluntary carbon market, with plans to create credits by reducing emissions in the building sector.

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Clean energy drives down China’s CO2 emissions for the first time, report says

Published 00:01 on May 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 09:51 on May 14, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Growth in China’s clean power generation has led to a decline in the country’s CO2 output, but changes in global trade dynamics and domestic renewables policy could complicate the emissions outlook, according to a report published Thursday.

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China sees shift in overseas energy portfolio, but coal still dominates overall stock -report

Published 08:47 on May 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 08:47 on May 14, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

China’s overseas power plant portfolio has shifted to cleaner energy sources, but the overall stock is still heavily concentrated in fossil fuel projects, according to a recent report.

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Nearly half of China’s overseas investments are in renewables, a fifth of it in Africa, report finds

Published 17:25 on May 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 17:25 on May 13, 2025  / /  Africa, Asia Pacific, China, EMEA

Almost half of China’s foreign investments over 2010-24 were in the renewable energy sector, and African economies received a fifth of those in the previous decade alone, according to a recent report.

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UPDATE – Brazil, China deepen bilateral engagement on decarbonisation

Published 16:18 on May 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:06 on May 14, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, International, South & Central

Brazil and China’s public and private sectors are coming together on decarbonisation initiatives, meeting and signing agreements this week that officials and observers alike have characterised as Global South leadership during a climate policy power vacuum.

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CCUS at Chinese coal plants could be scaled for global decarbonisation push, lobby argues

Published 11:33 on May 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:35 on May 12, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, China

China is providing a new business case and proof of concept for carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) at coal-fired power stations, dropping the cost of capture by over 40% and demonstrating the tech’s scalability for emissions reductions, a paper from an Australian coal lobby group argued Monday.

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CN Markets: CEAs plunge to 16-mth low, trading volumes stable after permit pre-allocation

Published 11:19 on May 9, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:19 on May 9, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, China

Prices in China’s national emissions market continued to decline over the past two weeks, falling to their lowest level in 16 months, but liquidity remained healthy after the annual pre-allocation of permits to ETS participants.

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Practising ERW near CO2 sequestration sites could mitigate leakage risks -study

Published 21:00 on May 8, 2025  /  Last updated at 21:00 on May 8, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, US, Voluntary

A study published Thursday suggests that co-practising enhanced rock weathering (ERW) near geologic carbon sequestration sites could serve as a prewarning system for CO2 leakage while also mitigating seepage.

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