Environment-Renewables
Rising costs hinder new power plant builds
Costs of building new power plants in North America have surged dramatically since 2000 and will continue to rise, the IHS CERA Power Capital Costs Index (PCCI) has revealed. According to the index, the costs have escalated by 130% since 2000 and…
Gazprom joins Nord Pool’s carbon market
Russian energy giant Gazprom has signed up to trade carbon products at Nord Pool, the power derivatives exchange.
Investor confidence in renewable energy still strong
Investor confidence in renewable energy companies is still strong despite the credit crunch, according to an online poll conducted by advisory firm Ernst & Young.
Nymex to Launch U.S. Carbon Allowance Contract
The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) will introduce a U.S. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon allowance futures contract, in the third quarter of 2008, pending regulatory review.
CantorCO2e launches VER initiative
Environmental broker CantorCO2e has launched a new venture, the Social Carbon Company, to provide advice and carbon management services to project developers in the Verified Emission Reduction (VER) market.
Risk management
British Energy supplies around one-sixth of the UK’s power through its eight nuclear power stations and one coal plant.Prudent trading risk management has evolved in British Energy to optimisefinancial returns on the power generated by its nuclear fleet,…
Enel goes green in China
Italian utility Enel has signed two agreements in China, one to develop Chinese clean coal and carbon capture and storage projects, the other to purchase over 11 million certified emission reduction (CER) credits from green projects in the Chinese steel…
A new generation of risk
The UK government recently committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations - the first in the UK for 13 years - funded by the private sector. Roderick Bruce examines the financial and regulatory risks facing potential stakeholders
The rise or fall of CDM
European Commission proposals to limit the use of Clean Development Mechanism credits post-2012 came as a surprise to many carbon market participants. Kristian Tangen and Kjetil Røine of Point Carbon discuss the implications
Building for the future
As US electric utility companies strive to meet soaring power demand, they are also coming under increasing pressure to lower carbon emissions. Richard McMahon of the Edison Electric Institute looks at how firms plan to meet these two potentially…
Rising suns
Asia's rapidly growing and energy-intensive economies are driving a global nuclear renaissance, writes Lauren Hilgers
Unclear for US nuclear
Uncertainty surrounding the US government's role in project finance for new nuclear generation is threatening to hold back the renaissance. David Watkins reports
Counterparty poopers
Markets
Flying the flagships
Interview
'Boom cycle' for US power prices
With input costs surging and demand growth currently outpacing supply additions in the US power market, analysts are expecting the space to tighten further. David Watkins reports
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