Business Edition
nr 17
20 January 2006
Special:
Joint green certificate market Norway and Sweden postponed
Norway will not meet the deadline of linking up to the Swedish green certificate market on 1st January 2007. That was the outcome of a ministerial meeting between Norwegian energy minister Odd Roger Enoksen and his Swedish colleague Mona Sahlin last week.
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Keeping markets for CO2 emissions and renewables apart
Trading schemes for greenhouse
gas emissions, green certificates and white certificates must be carefully
designed to keep the different markets separate. Linking their associated
environmental markets would risk undermining the objectives of the schemes,
according to a recent study from NERA Economic Consulting. Read
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Italian white certificate scheme up and running
Since the start of the Italian
white certificate scheme on 1 January 2005, 330 projects have already
been submitted by energy service companies (ESCOs) for approval to the
manager of AEEG, the Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity and
Gas. Below is an overview of the current status. Read
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Austrian Presidency energy plans for 2006
Austria, which took over the EU
Presidency from the UK on 1 January this year, will focus on the achievement
of an economically optimal supply of energy sources and raw materials,
taking into account security of supply, cost-efficiency and environmental
and social acceptability. Read
more
Energy performance of buildings legislation behind schedule
Most EU member states have not
managed to implement the legislation following the energy performance
of buildings directive (EPBD) on January 4th. Read
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GreenPrices Market Monitor
GreenPrices Business Edition regularly
reports on market developments, prices and recent trades of green certificates
in Europe. Read
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In Brief
Protest against German policy change on biofuels - Swedish subsidies for green energy in homes - Progress towards sustainability in Europe has stalled - Survey about carbon capture and storage
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