Sentence examples for emissions prices from inspiring English sources

In practice, as pointed out by Sir Nicolas Stern in the case of carbon emissions, prices are distorted by externalities and are unreliable indicators of ecological scarcity.

Coal consumption in the European Union fell by 5.4% to 301m tonnes in 2008, pushed lower by rising carbon emissions prices and a drop in industrial production caused by recession.

European utilities like E.On of Germany have announced plans to shut down less-polluting natural gas-fired plants that have been undercut by dirtier coal-burning generators benefiting from a flood of low-cost coal imports and low carbon emissions prices.

The cost of the allowances to produce one kilowatt-hour of coal-fired power is now greater than the cost of the coal itself, reckons Louis Redshaw of Barclays Capital. Manyreckon that the rise in emissions prices simply mirrors the rise in gas prices.

In the scenarios in this paper, it is the expectations about future technology that have the most dramatic effect on greenhouse gas emissions prices and emissions reductions in 2020, as opposed to near-term technology availability.

The IEA said that "unless we get 'carbon emissions' prices and policies right, a cost-effective clean-energy transition just will not happen".

3. Switch from coal to gas will be the key effect of the emissions price itself.

Then there's the question of what to do with the revenue generated by the emissions price.

The US government could reserve the right to increase this CO2 emissions price for projects initiated after that period.

American officials threatened to challenge the ruling, though the EU emphasised that it would drop its charges on flights from America if that nation adopted its own emissions pricing rules.

Profitability of oxy combustion technology will be achieved when the CO2 emissions price reaches a minimum of 52 Euro/EUAs.