Market developments
- The week closed on Friday 3,07% up at €5,03.
- Thursday registered a there weeks high at €5.14.
- Euro highest 14-month rates against the dollar and 7% gains in German clean dark spreads behind EUAs gains.
EU Allowance Auction Overview
- Auction volumes this week up from 21.5Mt to 22.1Mt
- Increased July auction volume (~91.5Mt) coincides with the beginning of usual quitter period for utilities hedging
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EUA Price Action
The week started down from previous week as we were expecting closing at €4.79 from €4.88. Tuesday and Wednesday prices saw a gain of 3.3% although remained under €5 despite power prices gains were already materialising across Europe. Thursday coupled with a Euro hitting 14-months high against the dollar to above $1.14 saw also the EUA price hitting a three weeks peak at €5.14. Gains were also helped by short-covering as the 1.7mill/ton dropped in open interest pointed out. Friday saw EU carbon prices held above €5, closing at €5.03 near the bottom of their €5.01 – €5.12 range. German spot auction cleared 5 cents (biggest discount of the week) below the market at €5.02 and bid coverage was also low at 2.14 showing a lack of interest among buyers.
Week ahead
This is the third week with high auction volume levels that will continue until the end of the month. July is also known for being a quieter month in terms of utility hedging which send bearish signals to the market for this week. Then again sustained low hydro levels in South Europe, strong Euro levels against the dollar and healthy clean-dark spreads will balance out the market forces therefore making us take a neutral-bearish position this week.
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Other News
Aviation inclusion in the EU-ETS gets clearer as deadline approaches
After the EU council of member states formerly agreed the terms from the European Commission proposal on aviation tabled in February which aimed to extend the stop-the-clock derogation until 2020 (at least) and to apply the linear reduction factor (LRF) of 2.2pc to aviation’s cap, and in the wake of the Parliament and council next round of talks and the Parliament’s environment committee vote on the 10th and 11th July respectively.
The EPP’s coordinator in the environment committee and German member of the European Parliament, Peter Liese, has stated that the proposal to increase the amount of permits airlines must buy under the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS) from 15pc to 50pc will gain a “huge majority” in the European Parliament. The additional free allocation taken from aviation could be used for industrial sectors exposed to international competition or risk of carbon leakage, said Liese.
EU member states and parliament must agree to amend EU ETS legislation before the end of this year to avoid the EU ETS full scope being restarted when the exemption for non-EEA flights expires on 31 December.
Nordic nations sum up to the carbon floor adepts.
The Nordic Council, an advisory body to the Nordic nations, has stated in its latest strategic review on energy cooperation that a carbon floor should be introduced if the EU ETS reforms fail to boost prices to stimulate low-carbon investment.
A call for imposing a carbon price has grown since EUA prices has cruised along at 5 Euros for several years now. The French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing to impose a carbon floor price across France, Germany and possibly Belgium and the Netherlands, now with increased support from the Nordic nations (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland) surely the pressure on EU decision makers to deliver a more ambitious EU ETS legislation for the Phase IV feels stronger.
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