Environmental Markets & Commodity Reports
Study finds room to store CO2 underground
Cambridge, Mass, March 2012 - Commodities Now
A new study by researchers at MIT shows that there is enough capacity in deep saline aquifers in the United States to store at least a century’s worth of carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s coal-fired powerplants. Though questions remain about the economics of systems to capture and store such gases, this study addresses a major issue that has overshadowed such proposals.
Leaders in the Clean Energy Revolution
New York, March 2012
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world's leading provider of news, data and analysis on clean energy, water, power and the carbon markets, has announced its selection of 2012 New Energy Pioneers at the fifth annual Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York City.
The IPCC may have outlived its usefulness
London, 7 March 2012
Interview with Judith Curry: As the global warming debate increases in its intensity we find both sides deeply entrenched, hurling accusations and lies at one another in an attempt to gain the upper hand. This divide within the scientific community has left the public wondering who can be trusted to provide them with accurate information and answers.
The climate conflict – and its economic and political implications
London, 2 March 2012
Deutsch Bank Research - Talking point: Currently, there is an ongoing debate about the pace, scope and damage potential of climate change as well as about the influence of humankind on this phenomenon. This may come as a surprise to casual observers of the debate, for over the past few years most people have been given the impression that scientists agreed that, first of all, climate change is proceeding rapidly, that, secondly, humankind has been a major contributor because of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and that, thirdly, climate change will bring with it serious damage. This “climate conflict” is not at all new, however. Rather, it as old as the climate debate itself.
Read more: The climate conflict – and its economic and political implications
The Future of Ethanol - Brazilian and US Perspectives
London, March 2012
Rabobank Report: The beginning of 2012 has seen significant changes in US ethanol policy. The VEETC blending credit and a tax on ethanol imports both expired on 31 December 2011 and US ethanol industry groups have shifted their political weight toward initiatives like E15 and advanced biofuels.
Read more: The Future of Ethanol - Brazilian and US Perspectives
Emissions allowances to be treated as property
London, 14 February 2012
McDermott Will & Emery: Following a decision of the High Court of England and Wales in Armstrong DLW GmbH v Winnington Network Ltd [2012] EWHC 10 (Ch) the legal status of European Union Allowances (EUAs) traded under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), has now been clarified, with the Court holding that EUAs should be classed as intangible property under English law.
U.S. carbon rules could slam door on new coal plants
Washington, 13 Febvuary 2012: Point Carbon
The Obama administration is expected soon to unveil long-delayed rules limiting carbon emissions from new power stations, possibly helping to slam the door shut well into the future on building plants that run on coal. The Environmental Protection Agency has dragged its feet on proposing the new standards on carbon emissions that would hit new coal plants or facilities undergoing expansion.
Read more: U.S. carbon rules could slam door on new coal plants
Some aviation biofuels could be competitive by 2020
London, 13 February 2012
World airlines could start sourcing a proportion of their fuel from vegetable-oil-based alternatives within the next few years. Research from analysis company Bloomberg New Energy Finance, published to its clients this month, forecasts that the cost of some biofuels – such as those based on non-food vegetable oils – could be close to that of conventional jet fuel by 2018, if production efficiency continues to improve.
Read more: Some aviation biofuels could be competitive by 2020
Houston poised to become California CO2 trading hub
London, 1 February, 2012: Reuters
California will next year host the world’s second biggest CO2 market as it tries to roll back its carbon footprint two decades, but it will not be San Francisco or Los Angeles that will be the center of trade, but the U.S. oil-dealing hub in Texas. Home to dozens of oil, gas and power firms, the city of Houston stands to emerge as the nerve center for trade in California emission permits when the market starts in 2013.
Read more: Houston poised to become California CO2 trading hub
Advanced biofuels could create millions of jobs
Davos, 25 January 2012
Bloomberg New Energy Finance launched its report “Moving towards a next-generation ethanol economy” at the World Economic Forum. Commissioned by Novozymes, the world leader in bio innovation and industrial enzymes, the report estimates the socioeconomic prospects of deploying advanced biofuels in eight of the highest agricultural-producing regions in the world, i.e. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, EU-27, India, Mexico and the USA.
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