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Portugal ends mandatory environmental assessments for green hydrogen projects
Portugal wants to speed up investments in green hydrogen projects, which are essential to decarbonize the economy, and will end mandatory environmental assessments for them in March 2023, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said.
read more... 09/12/2022
Daily (30.11.2022): European carbon prices rose on Tuesday due to strong auction demand
Oil prices were volatile on Tuesday, due to uncertainty about the level of a price cap on Russian oil. Consequently, Brent crude slipped 0.1% to $83.03 a barrel. However, WTI oil traded 1.2% higher at $78.20 a barrel amid rising demand and decreasing crude oil inventories in key consuming nations.
read more... 30/11/2022
EU informally agrees stronger carbon price control
EU negotiators have reached an informal accord on a stronger carbon price control mechanism as part of ongoing talks to reform the EU ETS, a key European Parliament member said on Friday.
read more... 14/11/2022
Daily (31.10.2022): European carbon prices posted the largest weekly gain in five years on Friday
Oil prices decreased on Friday as result of China expanding its COVID-19 restrictions. Thus, Brent crude settled 1.2% lower at $95.77 a barrel. At the same time, WTI crude fell by 1.3% to $87.90.
read more... 31/10/2022
Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant
U.S. firm Westinghouse Electric Co will build Poland's first nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, confirming a long-awaited decision aiming to reduce the country's carbon emissions and phase out coal.
read more... 31/10/2022