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    "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • 7 days ago
    • 5 min

    "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."

    Compliance season is almost over. A large proportion of industrials have by now completed their 2020 purchases, and the market seems to...
    698 views4 comments
    Carbon Expo 2006 – or was it?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Apr 1
    • 2 min

    Carbon Expo 2006 – or was it?

    The story goes that in 2006, the first set of verified emissions data leaked out about a week before the due date, during the annual...
    239 views0 comments
    2021 BC (beyond coal)
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Mar 28
    • 3 min

    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 –...
    244 views0 comments
    Everybody wants some
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Mar 13
    • 3 min

    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...
    551 views0 comments
    Brussels gets twitchy
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Feb 12
    • 3 min

    Brussels gets twitchy

    I have edited and updated this blog to add some thoughts on Article 29a, and to include some information from Carbon Pulse, who repost...
    1,208 views0 comments
    May you live in interesting times
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Feb 3
    • 4 min

    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...
    1,174 views0 comments
    Expect the unexpected?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Jan 8
    • 4 min

    Expect the unexpected?

    “How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.” (Marcus Aurelius) Unless you’re an industrial...
    575 views0 comments
    Phase 4's starting pistol misfires
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Phase 4's starting pistol misfires

    The last week has seen a couple of significant changes to the predicted supply schedule for the start of EU ETS Phase 4, and while they...
    236 views0 comments
    Has EU carbon rounded the corner?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Nov 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Has EU carbon rounded the corner?

    We are now in the last four weeks of the Dec 20’s reign as the front-year futures contract. There are fewer than 25 daily auctions left...
    538 views0 comments
    All change?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    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...
    652 views0 comments
    Autumn stock-take
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Oct 11, 2020
    • 8 min

    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...
    335 views0 comments
    Europe's tangled climate to-do list
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Sep 22, 2020
    • 5 min

    Europe's tangled climate to-do list

    Given everything that’s been going on – in a political/regulatory sense – in Europe this past fortnight, I’m finding it a little...
    713 views0 comments
    A maturing market, but less of it?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Aug 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    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...
    570 views0 comments
    Bridging the gap?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    Bridging the gap?

    About a month ago I wrote about how carbon is embroiled in a “Fundamentals vs Technicals Deathmatch”, and from the vantage point of the...
    394 views0 comments
    No time to be tinkering
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    No time to be tinkering

    An excellent article by Carbon Pulse published today reveals that members of the European Parliament are concerned about excess price...
    428 views0 comments
    May 2020 by the numbers
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Jun 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    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...
    160 views0 comments
    Corona-pocalypse and pandem-onium
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    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...
    253 views0 comments
    A record-setting month for the EUETS
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    A record-setting month for the EUETS

    The EUETS set all sorts of records in March...
    245 views0 comments
    Carbon – how low can it go?
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Mar 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    Carbon – how low can it go?

    It’s been a wild ten days for equities and commodities in general: you know this better than I, I suspect. But at some point it’s worth...
    302 views0 comments
    Why the EU ETS should worry (a lot) about coal phase-outs
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    Why the EU ETS should worry (a lot) about coal phase-outs

    One of the constant features of any discussion about EUA supply and demand trends in the next few years is the phase-out of coal-fired...
    638 views0 comments
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