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The EU’s carbon market reform proposal
A draft of the EU’s revised Emissions Trading Scheme confirms the European Commission’s intention to tighten the cap placed on CO2 emissions from industry and extend carbon trading to cover shipping emissions as well as road transport and heating fuels.
read more... 01/07/2021
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German scheme extension to support CHP plants gets EU approval
The European Commission has approved the extension and modification of an existing German scheme to support electricity production from highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) plants.
read more... 07/06/2021
EU confirms carbon market permit surplus grew in 2020
The amount of permits in circulation in Europe's carbon market increased last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic caused emissions covered by the scheme to drop, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
read more... 13/05/2021
CfD scheme set to add 6.8GW of renewable capacity in the UK
The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme could bring a significantly larger share of renewables to the UK’s grid, reaching 6.8GW by the end of the year.
read more... 30/04/2021
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Natural gas leading source of EU's power emissions
Gas power plants overtook lignite coal plants in 2020 to become the European Union's largest single source of emissions from electricity, an analysis of the bloc's Emissions Trading Scheme showed Friday.
read more... 19/04/2021