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    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 complia...
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    UK ETS: It's (officially) a thing
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    UK ETS: It's (officially) a thing

    (see edit at end of blog) So it’s official – the UK will launch its own emissions trading system in 2021. Of course, it won’t actually be...
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    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 m...
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    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 see...
    640 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...
    330 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...
    529 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 f...
    389 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 Se...
    159 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 ene...
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    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...
    244 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 p...
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    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 pow...
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    The gravity-defying wonder of EUAs
    Alessandro Vitelli
    • Mar 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    The gravity-defying wonder of EUAs

    The chart below shows how European carbon prices have outperformed the rest of the energy complex so far this year. EUAs are down just 1....
    783 views0 comments
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