Business Edition
nr 98
May 8, 2008
Special:
First details of Parliament reports on climate action package
This week, 'rapporteurs' from the European Parliament will deliver their first reports on the Commission's proposals for climate and energy policies. Some details have already become public. Read more
Global carbon market reached €47 billion in 2007: World Bank
The size of the global carbon market more than doubled in 2007 compared to the previous year, reaching €47 billion, the World Bank says in the ‘State and trends of the Carbon Market 2008’ report. Read more
Carbon market actors call for a post-Kyoto global agreement
With a common urge from participants to define the carbon market continuity beyond 2012, the Carbon Expo kicked off in Köln yesterday. Read more
The future of CDM
The crucial role of the Clean Development Mechanism in bringing developing countries actively involved in global mitigation actions and the need to assure that in the future this will play an important role was largely discussed in the opening session of the Carbon Expo. Read more
"CCS mandatory from 2015"
A mandatory use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) for all fossil fueled power plants from 2015 and some extra financial support are the most eminent elements in a report about the proposal for new legislation. Read more
The challenges of recasting the EPBD policy
In 2002 the European Commission (EC) adopted the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive that intended to promote reductions in energy use in the buildings sector within Europe. Now the Commission wants to ‘recast’ the Directive. Read more
Stern proposes keys to a global climate change agreement
Lord Nicholas Stern has published a set of proposals for a global deal on climate change on the road to the UNFCCC 15th COP to be held in Copenhagen next year. Read more
UK MPs reject feed-in tariffs
An amendment to Britain’s Energy Bill to introduce a ‘feed-in tariff’ (FIT) to boost renewable energy deployment was ruled out by 250 votes to 210 in the House of Commons last week. Energy minister Malcolm Wicks however, said the government would consider FITs and other options during its renewable energy consultation this summer. Read more
Editorial: Compromise in green energy trade
Finally a compromise regarding trade of green energy certificates looms at the horizon. The evaluation of the draft Directive by the European Parliament committee of Industry, Transport and energy will most likely bring parties together. Read more
In Brief
- Greenpeace denounces CCS as 'false hope'
- Second generation biofuels microbe discovered
- Finnish minister stresses urgency of renewable investments
- Shell withdraws from UK’s offshore wind flagship
- EU Commission launches consultation in offshore wind energy
- BP to invest $1 billion in Brazil’s sustainable biofuels
- France’s EDF adds 251 MW to its wind energy portfolio
- German utility EnBW to invest €3 billion on renewable energies
- E.ON to build new 200 MW offshore wind farm in Denmark
- Gabriel in favour of higher wind subsidies
- UK: 315 MW of offshore wind power to be exported through submarine cables
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