In Europe, more emission allowances are to be taken out of the market in order to allow for higher CO2-prices. China opens its national emission trading market in 2017 thereby creating the world’s biggest carbon market.
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Category: CEENews (page 4 of 22)
Emission trading in Europe and China to be strengthened
19. December 2016 / / Comments Off on Emission trading in Europe and China to be strengthened CEENews: China, Energy Policy, Europe
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Record wind capacity additions and declining PV remuneration for Germany in 2016
15. December 2016 / / Comments Off on Record wind capacity additions and declining PV remuneration for Germany in 2016 CEENews: Europe, Renewable Energy
For 2016 capacity additions for wind energy are projected to lie between 4.2 GW and 4.5 GW. Furthermore the most recent PV tender brought forward average remuneration rates of less than 7 cent/kWh.
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Cross-border tender for PV comes with some surprises
12. December 2016 / / Comments Off on Cross-border tender for PV comes with some surprises CEENews: Europe, Renewable Energy
Only projects in Denmark have been successful in bidding for the 50 MW of green field PV. And they did so by offering prices almost 2 cent/kWh lower than the ones in the last national tender in Germany. In the Danish cross-border tender, no German bid has been submitted however.
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The government supports municipalities for municipal mobility concepts – if one knows how
8. December 2016 / / Comments Off on The government supports municipalities for municipal mobility concepts – if one knows how CEENews: Energy Policy, Europe
E-mobility is regarded as a significant part of long-term energy concepts. When checked with reality, the goals of the German government to have 1 million electric vehicles on the streets by 2020 seem overambitious.
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China to start spot market pilots from 2018 onwards
5. December 2016 / / Comments Off on China to start spot market pilots from 2018 onwards CEENews: China, Power Market
The introduction of a spot market mechanism in China would allow for more efficient power plant dispatch based on actual cost of generation.
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German power plant closures and negative prices
30. November 2016 / / Comments Off on German power plant closures and negative prices CEENews: Europe, Power Market, Renewable Energy
Conventional power plants suffer from low spot market prices. When capacity leaves the market, the remaining power plants might however see higher margins again.
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Sonnen receives financial support from China
28. November 2016 / / Comments Off on Sonnen receives financial support from China CEENews: China, Europe, Renewable Energy
The Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Envision placed an investment in the German battery storage company Sonnen.
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China cancels more than 100 GW of coal plants
21. November 2016 / / Comments Off on China cancels more than 100 GW of coal plants CEENews: China, Power Market
As set out in the 13th Five-Year-Plan for Energy of China, the government steps in and cancels the permitting as well as the construction process of coal-fired power plants across the country.
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