European carbon prices have followed their now-traditional course in August by rising on the back of the 50% reduction in auction...

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...

It’s been a year of tumbling records and high anxiety as carbon prices have explored uncharted territory while natural gas and...

Edit: December 8 – I've added a third possible interpretation of the Article 29a calculation at the bottom of this post. A few people...

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...

(This article was originally published on September 8 on Carbon Pulse). Despite all the excitement around EUA prices topping €60 for the...

Now that EU ETS compliance is over with for another year, the market can metaphorically wash its hands and move on to the next course of...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...