Tighter EU carbon market set to prompt more power fuel switching in Europe

12/18/18 • 5 min

Brussels to Beijing: Commodity Policy in Europe and Asia Podcast

2019 is set to be the year that coal-to-gas switching in power generation takes off in continental Europe. Carbon prices supported by the new market stability reserve cutting supplies, coupled with potentially lower gas prices, could prompt unprecedented coal-to-gas switching volumes, according to...

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The recent decision by China's National Development and Reform Commission to impose restrictions on seaborne coal imports entering the country has left the thermal and metallurgical coal market participants scratching their heads. In this Brussels to Beijing Commodity Policy Podcast, S&P Global...

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