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EU carbon market reform to be supported by Germany
The German government desires the EU's carbon market reform scheme to be put into effect by 2017, four years earlier than the European Commission has suggested, as stated by Germany's Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks on Thursday.
read more... 13/06/2014
France declares EU members are close to agreement on carbon market reform
Agreement between members on reforming the European Union’s carbon market is very close, as stated on Monday by Pierre-Marie Abadie, manager of energy affairs at France’s Ministry of Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development.
read more... 03/06/2014
EU Commission to bring forward carbon market reform before 2021
The European Commission is open to hasten an anticipated 2021 start date for the initiation of controls to cut the massive overabundance of permits influencing the EU Emissions Trading System, as stated by the Commission’s major climate official.
read more... 21/05/2014
Iberdrola to invest more abroad and less in Spain
Spanish Iberdrola, the world’s major wind power generator, has expressed its disapproval regarding the latest energy market reform announced by the Spanish government, declaring that the changes in the energy policy will discourage important investment. The company’s net earnings reduced 7% in 2013, as a result of Spanish regulatory modifications and fiscal measures.
read more... 20/02/2014
UK makes public its final Electricity Market Reform plan
The Government has published its package of measures which are aimed at spurring £110 billion (EUR 131 billion) of investment in the energy market and would support 250,000 jobs by 2020. The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) Delivery Plan sets out DECC’s final decision on strike prices for Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for renewable technologies.
read more... 23/12/2013