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Same old August.... or is it?
European carbon prices have followed their now-traditional course in August by rising on the back of the 50% reduction in auction...

Alessandro Vitelli
Aug 19, 20227 min read
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Deceived wisdom
It’s been a somewhat wild start to 2022. As the energy index below shows, we had a relatively calm start to the year before Russia...

Alessandro Vitelli
Apr 1, 20223 min read
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What a long, strange trip 2021 has been
It’s been a year of tumbling records and high anxiety as carbon prices have explored uncharted territory while natural gas and...

Alessandro Vitelli
Dec 22, 20218 min read
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Trigger-happy
Edit: December 8 – I've added a third possible interpretation of the Article 29a calculation at the bottom of this post. A few people...

Alessandro Vitelli
Dec 7, 20215 min read
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Is it over?
So the latest peak in European carbon prices is over. EUAs climbed to a record of €63.35 on September 8 and have settled back at around...

Alessandro Vitelli
Sep 18, 20216 min read
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What does the current price of EUAs actually represent?
(This article was originally published on September 8 on Carbon Pulse). Despite all the excitement around EUA prices topping €60 for the...

Alessandro Vitelli
Sep 15, 20214 min read
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Carbon’s summer of– NATURAL GAS!
Carbon’s steady progress to the top of the energy agenda, thanks to its 140% rally since November 2 last year, has been brought to a halt...

Alessandro Vitelli
Aug 10, 20214 min read
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2021 BC (beyond coal)
Over the past few months it’s become apparent that an increasing number of people believe that the first part of the EU ETS’ work –...

Alessandro Vitelli
Mar 28, 20213 min read
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Everybody wants some
A month ago I reported on the rumours that the European Commission was considering action to limit the influence of speculative traders...

Alessandro Vitelli
Mar 13, 20213 min read
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May you live in interesting times
Well, this has been an interesting week. In the space of 72 hours carbon has risen 14%, reached a new all-time record and if things keep...

Alessandro Vitelli
Feb 3, 20214 min read
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All change?
The worm is turning. European power economics are shifting in favour of coal, especially at the front of the curve, and this might be...

Alessandro Vitelli
Oct 29, 20204 min read
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Autumn stock-take
It's officially autumn; compliance buyers are weighing up the choice between doing their 2020 buying now or waiting till the spring, fuel...

Alessandro Vitelli
Oct 11, 20208 min read
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A maturing market, but less of it?
In principle, carbon emissions markets are self-destructive. Once the cap on emissions has been lowered to zero, or as near to zero as it...

Alessandro Vitelli
Aug 24, 20204 min read
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May 2020 by the numbers
May saw a steady rally in EUA prices, with the Dec 20 contract climbing back near the levels it was at in March before the Great Covid...

Alessandro Vitelli
Jun 1, 20203 min read
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Corona-pocalypse and pandem-onium
We're now two weeks into April, over a month since the lockdown began in Italy, a little over two weeks since it began in the UK, and...

Alessandro Vitelli
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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A record-setting month for the EUETS
The EUETS set all sorts of records in March...

Alessandro Vitelli
Apr 1, 20203 min read
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