Compliance season is almost over. A large proportion of industrials have by now completed their 2020 purchases, and the market seems to...

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...

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 –...

A month ago I reported on the rumours that the European Commission was considering action to limit the influence of speculative traders...

By now you might have read a few headlines about the voluntary carbon market (VCM) and various efforts to scale it up and make it more...

About a decade ago, the market for Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) was ploughing a furrow either side of €12.50, daily trading...

I have edited and updated this blog to add some thoughts on Article 29a, and to include some information from Carbon Pulse, who repost...

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...

“How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.” (Marcus Aurelius) Unless you’re an industrial...

(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...

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...

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...

The worm is turning. European power economics are shifting in favour of coal, especially at the front of the curve, and this might be...

It's officially autumn; compliance buyers are weighing up the choice between doing their 2020 buying now or waiting till the spring, fuel...

Given everything that’s been going on – in a political/regulatory sense – in Europe this past fortnight, I’m finding it a little...

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...

There are just four months left until the UK and EU need to reach an agreement on a future trade deal before the transition period comes...

About a month ago I wrote about how carbon is embroiled in a “Fundamentals vs Technicals Deathmatch”, and from the vantage point of the...

An excellent article by Carbon Pulse published today reveals that members of the European Parliament are concerned about excess price...

The Great Covid Sell-Off is over. Now it’s the Great Covid Rally. EUAs are now back where they were in the middle of February, and all...