Importance of the Network Code Requirements for Generators for the low-carbon investment strategies
- Category: Network Codes
The Draft Network Code Requirements for Grid Connection Applicable to all Generators (NC RfG) being the first EU action on addressing how generators should be equipped in the Internal Electricity Market contains 53 requirements of which 44 are of mandatory nature.
It is a regulatory issue whether the costs of meeting these requirements should be allocated to ancillary services and collected via grid tariffs or internalised in market prices for electricity.
Sustainability criteria under the M&R Regulation as regards solid and gaseous biomass other than biogas for transport purposes – the ambiguities resolved by the clear-cut Guidance Document No. 3
- Category: General
Regulatory Guidance indicates practical consequences of the new M&R Regulation which must be taken into account when setting up the monitoring plan in relation to bioliquids and biofuels: the simplest way forward would be to establish a written procedure which requires the operator to attribute each batch of biomass used in the installation to either a (sustainable) “biomass” source stream or to a “fossil” source stream, depending on whether a proof is available for meeting the sustainability criteria or not.
A few remarks on transparency of the EU ETS regulatory practice having regard to the European Commission's communication of 25 January 2013
- Category: Implementation
The absence of stating the reasons for the current delay in allocation of emission allowances in 2013 as well as the lack of the concrete new date when the allocation will be possible are among the main shortcomings of the European Commission's communication on the issue.
Revisions to JI guidelines and to modalities and procedures for the CDM pursuant to Doha decisions
- Category: Emissions trading
A single unified track for joint implementation projects, standardized baselines and positive lists of project types that would automatically be deemed additional as well as the introduction of 15 calendar days as the maximum average time between the receipt of a submission and the commencement of the completeness check are among main points recommended to streamline processes in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
Methodology for environmental plantings of native species under the Australian CFI Reforestation Modelling Tool - research for potential investors
- Category: Offsets
Earning carbon credits through environmental plantings requires strict methodologies and monitoring, however provides certain new economic opportunities for farmers and land managers who take steps to reduce carbon pollution or increase carbon storage on the land.
For this reason any attempts to rationally quantify the effects are noteworthy. In parallel there are published warnings of multiple risks involved, which shouldn’t be neglected.
'Doha Climate Gateway’ - and what about ERUs?
- Category: Emissions trading
ERUs prices recently experience sharp movements. It is hard to imagine any commodity evenly exposed to regulatory tensions. The new legislative draft for the Registry Regulation implements provisions reflecting complex regulatory situation on CERs and ERUs units which emerged after 1 January 2013.
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