Weeks at a glance (September 19– September 23, 2022) China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market remained quiet for the week, totaling only 610 tons, the fourth lowest volume on record. Block trades were absent again for the third week in a row and the fifth time in the last six weeks. Open market transactions closed the week at 57.48 yuan/ton ($8.06/ton), a 0.9% drop from the previous week. The volume-weighted average price of all of the week’s trades was 57.82 yuan/ton ($8...
Weeks at a glance (September 12– September 16, 2022) Activity in China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market continued its retreat to only 400 tons for the week, the 3rd lowest volume on record. Block trades were absent again for the second week in a row and the fourth time in the last five weeks. Open market transactions closed the week at a flat 58.00 yuan/ton ($8.30/ton) for the third consecutive week. The volume-weighted average price of all of the week’s trades was 58.13...
Weeks at a glance (September 5 – September 9, 2022) Activity in China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market dropped to a measly 8,400 tons for the week, the lowest since its record low in the second week of June. Block trades were absent again for the third time in the last four weeks. Open market transactions closed the week flat at 58.00 yuan/ton ($8.37/ton). The volume-weighted average price of all of the week’s trades was up slightly from the previous week at 58.97...
Carbon market update (July-August 2022) Trading in China’s national carbon emissions allowance (CEA) market ended July with a monthly total volume of 1,091,990 tons, and August with 547,987 tons. The combined two-month volume was the lowest of any two-month period since the launch of the CEA market in July 2021. The August total volume also set a new all-time single-month low. The August volume by block trades was similarly at an all-time single-month low of 351,335 tons. Factors holding back...
Weeks at a glance (August 29 – September 2, 2022) Activity in China’s national Carbon Emissions Allowance (CEA) market recovered from the previous week’s multi-month low to a total weekly volume of 131,486 tons, thanks to a return of block trades recorded on the first day of the week. The volume-weighted average price of all of the week’s trades was 58.50 yuan/ton ($8.48/ton), representing a minimal decline of less than 0.5% from the previous week.Activity across the nine China Certified...