Renewable energy market hurtles towards a penalty price
Without a staggering run of project commitments in the coming months, penalty payments for missing the renewable energy target appear inevitable in 2017.
View ArticleREC Markets: Talk of further regulatory change stalks renewable markets
The silence on the project commitment front was loud enough to induce a familiar tinnitus: speculation of further regulatory change.
View ArticleCommercial lighting dominates Victorian energy efficiency market
Victoria’s Energy Efficiency mark hasn’t disappointed, with considerable price movements alongside strong trading volumes, coinciding with the scheme’s successful transition from a largely residential...
View ArticleRenewable energy market update: Not so rosy
A long term solar agreement was a rare bright spot in a lacklustre renewables market, despite a relatively rosy outlook by the Clean Energy Regulator.
View ArticleEnergy efficiency market: Businesses turn to efficient lighting
Hundreds of businesses have taken up energy saving lighting upgrades, causing prices in the Victoria energy efficiency market to fall.
View ArticleRenewable energy certificate prices hit record highs as market prices in failure
Prices for renewable energy certificates hit record highs as project drought continues, despite efforts by the states to kick-start the market.
View ArticleAustralia’s energy efficient market update: VEECs at two year lows
Success of commercial lighting initiatives creates a surplus of energy efficiency certificates, and pushes price down to near two year lows.
View ArticleJuly renewables market update: prices plateau short of penalty cap
Price rise in LGC market halted in July - less a result of the renewed anti-renewables campaign and more reflection of fact that spot market sitting within $7 of the scheme’s cap.
View ArticleEnergy efficiency market update: losing ground in July
The spot Victoria energy efficiency market lost ground rapidly in July, and the softening has continued into early August.
View ArticleRenewable energy certificates edge closer to penalty price
Renewable energy certificates edge closer to penalty price and the point of no new generation.
View ArticleEnergy efficiency prices fall as commercial lighting booms
The success of commercial lighting continued to weigh heavily on energy efficiency prices in Victoria, while audit delays causes prices to rise in NSW.
View ArticleRenewable energy certificates nudge $90/MWh as shortfall looms
Large scale renewable energy certificates nearly reach $90/MWh mark as shortfall looms for national target.
View ArticleVictorian energy efficiency market: a recovery of sorts?
September proved a bumpy month for the Victorian energy efficiency market, but ultimately it marked the first significant monthly recovery this year.
View ArticleSome surprises in the renewable energy certificate market
The first trades in 2019 LGCs raised some eyebrows, as did the continued activity in the STC market.
View ArticleEnergy efficiency market report: From a bullish start, to a new normal
The seeds of a VEEC market recovery planted in September flourished across October, with major price increases on large trading volumes. Meanwhile, has the ESC market found a new normal?
View ArticleRenewable Energy Market Report – long hard slog
No substantive changes to the demand/supply equation in Australia's renewable energy market in November.
View ArticleEnergy Efficiency Market Report: Signs of recovery?
The period of steady declines in the VEEC price appears to have passed – at least for now – with November appearing to confirm the pricing range established in October.
View ArticleRocky start to 2017 for LGCs as Abbott strikes, ERM demurs
A late 2016 recovery in Australia’s large-scale renewable market has been followed by yet another series of troubling events.
View ArticlePenalties and policies: What shook environmental markets in February
Impact of decision of some liable parties to pay penalty rather than meet RET obligation felt in February – although the extent of this was lost in subsequent political volatility. Meanwhile, project...
View ArticleOversupply takes toll on energy efficiency markets
Oversupply took its toll on the VEEC market in February with the forward market in particular breaching the lower end of its recent range.
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