Solving the coal puzzle

by | December 18, 2019 | Coal, Europe | 0 Comments

Lessons from four years of coal phase-out policy in Europe

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Playing With Fire

by | December 15, 2019 | Coal, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

An assessment of company plans to burn biomass in EU coal power stations

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The A-B-C of BCAs

by | December 3, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Climate Governance, ETS, Europe | 0 Comments

An overview of the issues around introducing Border Carbon Adjustments in the EU

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Coal mine methane leaks are worse for climate change than all shipping and aviation

by | November 13, 2019 | Coal | 0 Comments

New IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal mine methane leaks add up to a third to emissions from coal

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Coal Free Kingdom

by | November 13, 2019 | Coal, UK | 0 Comments

UK election manifestos should commit to take the UK fully coal-free, including in industry, finance, and domestic heating – ready for next year’s COP26 in Glasgow

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The cash cow has stopped giving: Are Germany’s lignite plants now worthless?

by | July 31, 2019 | Carbon Pricing, Coal, ETS | 0 Comments

Our new research finds German lignite gross profits collapsed 54% so far in 2019. With lignite now loss-making, the case for Gov. compensation has collapsed

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Romania in the ETS

Romania in the ETS
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Sandbag’s briefing on Romania in the Emissions Trading Scheme, in the context of the Market Stability Reserve negotiations.

  • The total surplus that has accumulated, and will continue accumulating, to the Romanian manufacturing sector is so large that Romanian industrial installations will overall not need to buy allowances before 2050.
  • Article 10c of the ETS Directive: Romanian ranks second Union-wide from the point of view of how long electricity generators will be protected thanks to additional free allocation of allowances.
  • By opposing a strong MSR, the Romanian government could miss out on an estimated €1.2 billion in increased auction revenues, caused by a stronger carbon price.

Versiunea în limba română a acestui raport se poate găsi aici

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February 10, 2015