Capacity Payments Discussed as a Tool to encourage Investment
 
30 June 2010
In a week when the engineering industry, in its State of the Nation report, said that the Energy Industry gave the most cause for concern in light of security of supply, Energy Minister Charles Hendry spoke of 'Capacity Payments' as a tool to incentivise plant development.  
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25GW of off-shore wind farms
 
10 December 2007
The DTI (as was) has highlighted a potential 25GW of off-shore wind farms, if accurate there are still significant planning obstacles.  
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Carbon steady.
 
01 November 2007
CER's could be limited under the country definitions as described in certain NAPs.  
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Carbon Prices rise
 
04 September 2007
The carbon market surprisingly leaps on the back of the utilities turning into agressive buyers.  
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Will the range break
 
23 August 2007
Markets start to look asthough they may break the range but what event will spur the final push through the lows.  
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Open Europe report condemns ETS
 
09 August 2007
The Open Europe report makes bad reading for most EU countries and is critical of the way in which the EU ETS operates. For a group reknowned for slating Europe in general it holds no punches back.  
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VCS finalises VERs
 
30 July 2007
Voluntary Emissions Reductions getting more press as apotential for tool for reducing carbon footprints.  
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Carbon Prices- Analysed
 
23 July 2007
Analysis of carbon prices shows that there are some interesting possibilities for feeding through to the power market.  
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Gas and emissions part.
 
16 July 2007
Gas and emissions do opposite things but there is a sense of fear over supply worries at Bacton and what the russians could do.  
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A joy to be French
 
29 June 2007
Typically if there is a French way of gaming the system they will find a way of breaking the rules.  
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Politics and Energy
 
20 June 2007
Power in politics could be hotting up and next week we will start to see the effects of a new political era. How will it effect the power markets.  
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Emissions sell off
 
19 June 2007
Emissions still a key focus on the UK market and the small sell off in UK power is almost all led by the emissions sell off.  
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The carbon backlash
 
05 June 2007
Energy watch is taking up the consumer battle and attempting to try and lobby parliament to ensure that the power companies are not making super normal profits from carbon.  
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Trading Petrol?
 
18 May 2007
With road transport seeing the biggest rise in emissions within the EU, will the UK Government give serious consideration to one of the proposals being put forward - petrol rationing?  
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Market falls continue
 
19 April 2007
The market is continuing to edge downwards and this is encouraging that worries associated with exceptionally hot Summers are being downplayed. It is interesting to note whether demand rises significantly next week when colder weather is predicted.  
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Market bears return
 
03 April 2007
Falls across most of the market as players attempt to react to new emissions data and see how it translates for next year.  
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Markets a little more buoyant
 
08 March 2007
The market continues to rise carefully, but perhaps most interestingly their are significant differences in quarters which may be of interest to some.  
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Summer Spreads
 
30 January 2007
Summer 08 looks out of kilter in comparison to the rest of the curve in reality traders seem to see some value in SUmmer 08 which does not at face value appear to be anything other than greed.  
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Carbon reports
 
10 January 2007
The market is not reacting well to the emissions world and the vrious interesting reports coming from banks predicting prices for the future.  
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Oil market pushes power
 
10 November 2006
Oil market rises have effected power prices but some of these gains may be offset by the emissions falls next week, could see further bearish pressure.  
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Emissions differentials start to widen
 
06 November 2006
The carbon market is influencing the energy markets less and less, but be warned it could start to play much more of a role when we know more of what could happen in emissions.  
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Hedge Funds dominate the market
 
22 September 2006
The market has seen the effects of hedge funds, big players who can move markets when reversing positions, they can also push them too far and the skill in any trader is moving the market but not doing it so unsubtley that the market front runs you. Hedge funds struggle with this due to the volume of trades required to reverse the position.  
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Polish Emissions
 
13 September 2006
Given the EUA length of the Poles, it is now obvious that the Poles hoodwinked the EU into thinking that they would require a significant proportion of the EU EUA allowance. But can anyone now bring this length back to the market?  
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Polish Emissions certificates
 
04 September 2006
Polish authorities hint at withdrawing the polish length by reducing the amount installations can sell. This is posturing that is unlikely to stand but in the mean time it could cause the market to rise.  
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Cheaper than a long time
 
09 August 2006
The market looks reasonably priced and this is where opportunities could present themselves, but it looks like there are further falls to come.  
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Emissions longs keen to stay that way
 
03 August 2006
Emissions length due to hit the market in 2007 as many players hold back length. Perhaps the biggest reason for this is that the NAP process will be over by then. But this is not a certainty.  
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TECHNICALS vs FUNDAMENTALS
 
23 June 2006
The emissions market has recently been extolling the virtues of technical trading. But this is a market that is still fairly new, whereas technical analysis is associated with well established markets. So why do traders insist that technicals can work for them in this market?  
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EU ETS - Phase II Changes Recommended
 
22 June 2006
A new study by the Carbon Trust urges changes to improve Phase II of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The study identifies 7 key challenges that if left, will result in incentives that do not support low-carbon investment, and suggests that changes are essential to maintain competitiveness and investment in Europe.  
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Which Came First - the Chicken or the Egg?
 
21 June 2006
British Energy reported pre-tax profits of £599m saying it had benefited from the higher electricity prices. Of course it is news to no-one that power prices have risen, but what is interesting is that some players have claimed that emissions price rises are causing power prices to rise, and perhaps more interestingly, some claim that power price rises are causing emission prices to rise. There is however no doubt that a fall in one of the commodities does not automatically lead to a corresponding fall in the other commodity. So Powerisk asks the question which comes first.  
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Too Hot for Winter
 
13 June 2006
Whilst the outside temperature confirms it must be summer, inside the traded markets are looking forwards to Winter.  
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Lacklustre Markets
 
31 May 2006
Markets bore traders into submission and allow most to balance portfolios before the markets die completely as a result of the World Cup.  
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Poles apart
 
30 May 2006
The market is waiting for the result of the Polish verification data which is likely to prevail when their registry goes live in the next couple of weeks.  
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The theory of markets
 
24 May 2006
We could be in for a sustained bull run for no other reason than the bears have decided to hibernate for a while.  
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Fundamentals Broken
 
23 May 2006
German market influencing everything, and they are taking some big gambles which are fundamentally wrong.  
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Could the fall happen this week.
 
19 May 2006
Markets listless not sure which direction to go, with the continentals showing a slight bearish move, and the UK a slight bullish move. Oil and Gas are up marginally, but power and emissions have ticked down a smidge.  
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Dawn Raids
 
18 May 2006
Soking guns, dawn raids, and still no massive sell off in UK power or emissions, but the signs are there that a sustained commodities growth isn't always a certainty.  
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Emissions data a complete mess.
 
15 May 2006
Market still responding to emissions news, with some additional buying pressure, on lack of complete picture. Still news to come out but the consensus is that the system will be long around 60m tonnes when it all comes out in the wash.  
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Its Monday 15th May and you are just about to go home.
 
11 May 2006
The market has risen marginally, on the back of uncertainty on Monday 15th, but in reality this is because those who are not sure are hedging now, before they become exposed to moves next week. The traders will want to take a view for next week, the risk managers will want risks to be mitigated.  
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It's Monday 15th May and you have just woken up.
 
10 May 2006
One scenario for May 15th is that players start to evaluate very quickly what the compliance position means, and will look to trade aggressively at the start. In reality it could be a slow start as players try and assess their overall positions to assess what this all means in the long term.  
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Emissions still the unknown
 
09 May 2006
Emissions holds the market in awe, as people wait and listen for the results of May 15th when the country compliance reports are released.  
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Rumour and Counter Rumour
 
08 May 2006
Rumours still influence the emissions market and on Friday the consistent selling on the back of German compliance positions being short suggest that the market has now managed to extract data on one the potential large shorts (the fact that they are long saw prices fall) if the UK is in a similar position then the market will fall further.  
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How far can emissions go?
 
03 May 2006
The emissions market has been bashed will it spring back up to previous levels. It is unlikely but possible Powerisk looks at it in detail.  
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Emissions Collapse
 
27 April 2006
Emissions markets in freefall as more leaked annoucements on compliance suggest that the market has been hoodwinked into overpaying for some time.  
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