‘Please put a price on carbon’, says Europe’s largest utility
Francesco Starace, the CEO of Europe’s biggest utility, Enel, has said that countries need to put a price on carbon to ...
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Forest finance expected to advance under new TREES standard and LEAF Coalition
TREES 2.0, is a new version of a tool to measure forest carbon credits. It works on improved carbon storage measurement and claims to add transparency ...
German REWE Group signs long-term power purchase agreement for future German offshore wind farm
REWE Group, a major trade, food retailer and tourism group in Germany and Europe, has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement ...
French guarantees of origin sell out for a sixth consecutive month
At the recent Powernext auction, 2.35TWh of June-generated French guarantees of origin (GoOs) were offered. All volumes were sold. This is ...
Bank of America: Carbon offset market may need to grow fiftyfold to meet 2050 net zero emissions
In a research report, Bank of America claims the carbon offset market will need to grow 50x from 2020 market size ...
Financiers with US$29trn ask 1600 companies for science-based targets ahead of COP26
220 global financial institutions, across 26 countries and with US$29.3trn in assets under management (more than the GDP of the US, China and the EU) are calling on the ...
EU leaders to discuss energy prices at 21-22 October summit
The next EU leader summit is scheduled for 21-22 October. European Council President, Charles Michel has added high energy prices to ...
Greece tables hedging fund plan to soften energy crisis
Greek energy minister, Kostas Skrekas, has proposed the adoption of a temporary hedging mechanism by EU member states as a means of easing the burden ...
Energy price surge intensifies backlash against Brussels carbon tax plan
The recent electricity price squeeze has led to increased opposition from countries already opposed to the EU’s Fit for 55 carbon pricing expansion plans. These ...
Bulgaria joins Association of Issuing Bodies as an Observer
The Bulgarian Sustainable Energy Development Agency has formally joined AIB as an Observer. This is pending preparation of their membership application ...