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More than 2,000 companies with a market capitalization worth more than $ 27 billion already have or are planning to set an internal carbon price within two years, according to the CDP’s global environmental impact.
Domestic carbon prices – the cost per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent – can be taken by organizations in terms of capital expenditures or research and development costs.
Prices may be hypothetical, where no money is spent, but the company calculates the additional cost based on the carbon intensity of the investment, with the goal of boosting low-carbon spending. Some companies, including Microsoft, require departments to “pay” an internal fee based on the emissions they generate.
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Posted March 11th, 2021 for European Parliament The mechanism must not be misused to further protectionism All imported products under the EU Emissions Trading System should be covered It should constitute an alternative to existing measures on carbon leakage To raise global climate ambition and prevent ‘carbon leakage’, the EU must place a carbon price on imports from less climate-ambitious countries, say Environment MEPs. On Friday, the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted a resolution on a WTO-compatible EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) with 58 votes for, 8 against and 10 abstentions. The resolution underlines that the EU’s increased ambition on climate change must not lead to ‘carbon leakage’ as global climate efforts will not benefit if EU production is just moved to non-EU countries that have less ambitious emissions rules.
Published: 2 Mar 2021, 12:22
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Editor-in-Chief, Solar Media
Highview Power s CRYOBattery is one such long-duration energy storage technology to have emerged in recent years. Image: Highview Power.
Energy market mechanisms must evolve in order to support long-duration energy storage, with the existing frameworks having “significant problems” incentivising those technologies, a panel of experts has concluded.
Speaking on a panel debating the policy landscape for long-duration storage at the ongoing Energy Storage Summit 2021, organised by
Energy-Storage.news publisher Solar Media, Robert Hull, managing director at energy advisory Riverswan and formerly managing director of UK energy market regulator Ofgem, highlighted how while overall policy remains supportive of long-duration energy storage technologies, revenue-generating mechanisms are failing to live up to that promise.