Japan and South Korea havve agreed to exchange information on a proposed emissions trading mechanism, according to the Japanese environment ministry. A climate bill before the Japanese Diet calls for a cap-and-trade mechanism to help curtail greenhouse gases and South Korea is also considering a similar system. Japan looks to bilateral trading to reduce volatility …
Qatar inaugurated on May 18 a US$2.3bn natural gas-fired power plant in the industrial city of Mesaieed, south of the capital Doha. “The total expense of the project has reached 2.3 billion dollars and it will produce 2,000 megawatts of electricity. This is a major leap as economic progress is measured by the production of …
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Tokyo: 7011.JP) and Reykjavik Energy (Orkuveita Reykjavikur) of Iceland have announced that they will jointly develop geothermal energy projects, particularly in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Under the agreement, Reykjavik Energy will find countries and regions to start geothermal power plants as well as providing business know-how to their customer countries …
Unless otherwise stated, all prices are for the close of April 12. German power: €47.89/MWh, down 1.16 per cent Coal: €92.50/t, up 1.09 per cent Natural gas: GB31.30p/therm, down 1.73 per cent EUAs for December 2010 delivery: €13.71/t, up 0.07 per cent CERs for December 2010 delivery: €12.10/t, up 0.33 per cent Brent crude oil …
The city of Tokyo will be the first to introduce mandatory carbon trading in Japan as part of new environmental regulations that will expect to see businesses make substantial cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. The move follows an initiative by Shintaro Ishihara, the maverick 77-year old rightwing governor that has so far banned older …
Unless stated otherwise, all prices are for the close of March 31. German power: €45.60/MWh, up 0.91 per cent Coal: €88.25/t, up 1.44 per cent Natural gas: GB31.60p/therm, down 0.16 per cent EUAs for December 2010 delivery: €12.83/t, down 0.08 per cent CERs for December 2010 delivery: €11.33/t, down 0.61 per cent Brent crude oil …
While the international trade in thermal coal is relatively small compared to the overall level of production worldwide, it still has important repercussions for power plant operators, particularly those situated near the coast. With this in mind, IFandP takes a close look at the current state of the market and the outlook for 2010 and beyond.
As part of its ongoing struggle to reduce its dependency on fossil-fuel imports, Japan is currently planning to build at least 14 nuclear power plants over the next 20 years. According to the Nikkei business daily, with additional reporting from the AFP news agency, the government will make an announcement in June as to whether …
In a move that has sparked a chorus of dismay from industry, the Japanese cabinet has chosen to endorse a climate-protection draft law that calls for a possible carbon tax to be introduced by April 2011. In addition, it aims to expand nuclear generation and boost the level of feed-in tariffs, while expanding them to …
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has agreed to lend US$943m to two independent power projects in Indonesia. The Bank has signed an agreement to loan US$729m to PT Paiton Energy for an 815MW expansion of a coal-fired project in East Java costing around US$1.5bn. Paiton currently runs a 1230MW coal-fired plant and has …
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