Carbon
Analysis: Higher Chances of UK-EU Carbon Markets Linkage Under Labour Government
The benchmark European Union carbon emissions allowance has traded at a premium to its British counterpart for over a year,...
Carbon
High Costs, Geopolitical Risks Impede Blue Carbon Removal Projects
Demand for voluntary blue carbon credits from companies seeking to fulfill net zero pledges has surged in recent years, but...
Carbon, Renewables
Voluntary Carbon Markets Stakeholders Play Hot Potato With Market Risk
With the integrity of carbon offsetting under fire, buyers are looking to lock down the forward delivery of high-quality credits...
Carbon
In Opaque REDD+ Markets, Identical Credits Can Fetch Diverse Prices
Buyers and sellers of voluntary carbon credits have, in recent months, begun to value offsets issued from the same projects...
Carbon
Nature-based Carbon Removal Credits: Slow Growth Expected Despite Record Demand
Nature-based carbon removals projects can create valuable credits that command price premiums over avoidance and reduction credits. But they are...
Carbon
North American Carbon Markets Start 2024 on Bullish Note
Many of the fundamentals that drove North American compliance carbon market prices to record highs in 2023 — including formal...
Carbon
UK May Change Law to End Free Carbon Allowances Loophole
The British government is considering introducing legislation to close a loophole in its Emissions Trading System, which has resulted in...
Carbon
Report From COP28 – How Climate Change Is Transforming Business
Hear observations from the scene at COP28 on how climate change and the energy transition are transforming companies. McCloskey analyst...
Carbon
NGOs Push For Free EUAs to Cover Scrap in Steel and Clinker-less Cement Production
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are pushing for operators in the European Union who use scrap metal in steel production and clinker...
Carbon
CBAM 101: The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Explained
Starting Oct. 1, 2023, importers of downstream products including iron, steel, aluminum, electricity, fertilizers, cement and hydrogen into the European...
Carbon
CapCO2 Solutions CEO Extols Virtues of Green Methanol
Carbon capture and sequestration technology has been heralded by some as a savior for the US ethanol industry, but CapCO2...
Carbon
Six Idle EU Cement Plants Received $95 Million in Surplus Free EUAs
Six European Union-based plants operated by five cement industry giants — Holcim Group, CEMEX, Buzzi Unicem, Votorantim Cimentos and Cementos...
Carbon
CreditNature Interview: Nature Markets Require Pioneer Buyers to Grow
Nature markets are still in their infancy, but the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreed by almost 200 nations at COP15...
Carbon
UK Carbon Market Amply Supplied Despite Reform Cutting Allowances
The British government announced amendments to its emissions trading system (UK ETS) on July 3, 2023, that would cut the...
Carbon
Three Idle UK, French Plants Allocated $127 Million in Free Carbon Permits
Three European facilities operated by Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC, U.K. conglomerate INEOS and French oil major TotalEnergies received a...
Carbon, Rack Market
Cap and Trade Costs at the Rack: The Basics for Fuel Buyers
“Cap and trade” is a regulation designed to reduce greenhouse gases by setting a firm limit – or cap – on...
Carbon
REDD+ Project Hedges Against Drought and Weakening Carbon Markets
Despite criticisms of REDD+ projects and a decline in related carbon credit prices this year, offsets issued by the Kasigau...
Carbon
Washington Cap-and-Invest: After Splashy Debut, What’s Next?
Washington’s highly anticipated Cap-and-Invest Program is well underway and building momentum as the state’s carbon emitters gain clarity on market...
Carbon, Renewables
Unprecedented Focus on Biodiversity Spurring Nature Credit Markets
Celebrations, tens of thousands of church bells ringing across the land and a riot of color will mark King Charles...
Carbon, Spot Market
Charting Growth in Carbon Markets Across the Asia Pacific
Carbon markets are increasingly being seen by countries in the Asia Pacific as a tool to reach decarbonization goals, and...
Carbon
With Proceeds from Carbon Offset Credit Sales, Marungu Votes for Shade
Residents of Marungu voted on April 20 that the money allotted to them from the sale of carbon offset credits...
California, Carbon
California’s LCFS: Just How Much Stronger Will the New Targets Be?
Prices for credits under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) have been a sad story in 2022.
Carbon
$2 Billion Global Voluntary Market Leaves Europe in its Wake
The global voluntary carbon market (VCM) is soaring after hitting a transaction value of nearly $2 billion in 2021, while...
Carbon
European Energy Crunch Support Carbon Prices Despite Economic Woes
A black sea of troubles is menacing Europe’s economies, as the continent stares down the barrel of a harsh winter...
Carbon
OPIS Launches Nature-Based Carbon Removals Assessments
Global climate project proponents are riding a wave of demand for nature-based solutions that remove carbon from the atmosphere as...
Carbon
‘Huge Momentum’ is Underway for Blue Carbon
Part two of a two-part series on blue carbon. Read part one: Blue Carbon Pioneer Says Mangrove Tree Is the...
Carbon
Blue Carbon Pioneer Says Mangrove Tree Is the ‘Best Climate Machine’
Part one of a two-part series on blue carbon. Read part two: ‘Huge Momentum’ is Underway for Blue Carbon Arne...
Carbon
OPIS Carbon Neutral Fuels Index Reveals Suppliers’ Cost to Offset Emissions
From extraction to distribution, the pressure is on for the oil and gas industry to cut carbon emissions, and corporate...
Carbon
Price Transparency and Growth in the Voluntary Carbon Market
Carbon offsets are quickly becoming a key strategy for companies and nations to meet their climate change initiatives. The voluntary...
Carbon, Spot Market
ANALYSIS: U.K.’s Much-Awaited Hydrogen Strategy May Unlock GBP4 Billion Investment
The U.K. government aims to attract private investment of 4 billion British pounds sterling ($5.51 billion) in blue and green...
Bunker fuel, Carbon, IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market
Shippers Eye Methanol Fuel as Means to Decarbonize Global Fleet
In 2013, the Vancouver, Canada-based Waterfront Shipping Company introduced seven of the world’s first ocean-going vessels built with Germany’s MAN...
Carbon
REDD+, CORSIA and California Carbon Offsets — Understanding the Differences
The commitment to carbon neutrality continues to grow as corporations and jurisdictions chart a course for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions....
Carbon
All Eyes on Article 6 and CDM Ahead of UN Climate Summit
As the United Nations prepares to host the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, in November, one question...
Carbon
OPIS Provides Carbon Offsets Price Transparency During VCM Evolution
In a world demanding climate action, the voluntary carbon market (VCM) has become an oasis for an ever-growing roster of...
Carbon, Spot Market
INSIGHT: German Refineries Kick Off Complex Green Hydrogen Switch
In July, Royal Dutch Shell’s Rhineland complex will become the first refinery to operate an electrolyzer plant in Germany, ushering...
Bunker fuel, Carbon, IMO 2020, Shipping, Spot Market
Zero-Carbon Fuels Set to Transform the Future of Shipping
In 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that internationally regulates shipping, adopted an...
Carbon
How the Voluntary Carbon Market is Expected to Help Save the Earth
In a quest to reach the goals of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, world leaders are making...
Carbon
EU Gears Up for Carbon Border Adjustment Fight
The European Union is squaring up for a major battle in 2021, proposing a carbon border adjustment mechanism that risks...
Carbon, Renewables
Carbon Credit Costs for California Gasoline & Diesel: A Heads Up for U.S. Suppliers
It’s no secret that California is routinely the most expensive place to buy gasoline in the continental U.S.
Carbon, Renewables, RINs
Could the RFS Move Toward a Low Carbon Program Like LCFS?
The idea of revising the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to operate more like the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) appears to...
Carbon, Gas & Diesel, Rack Market, Retail Market, Spot Market
The California Gasoline Price Rally: What Happened, What’s Next
March and April 2019 were challenging months for California gasoline prices, with retail prices cresting $4/gal. OPIS’ Lisa Street and...
Carbon, Ethanol, Renewables
2019 Ethanol Price and Carbon Credit Market Preview
It was a tumultuous year in the renewable fuel and carbon credit markets.
Carbon, Spot Market
Carbon Credits: Paying the Pollution Price
Did you know there was a carbon market, setting the price for a chunk of polluted air?
Carbon, Spot Market
Cap and Trade History For Fuel Markets
Leaders across the globe are racing to enact a greenhouse-gas reduction scheme that dates back to when the price of...