EU could dish out 700 million free CO2 credits to upgrade ageing power plants
2011-09-15 00:00:00
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Source: BusinessGreen The European Union will give away nearly 700 million free emissions allowances (EUAs) to 10 member states that need to upgrade their ageing energy infrastructure, Deutsche Bank has forecast. The third phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme due to start in 2013 will tighten restrictions on the amount of carbon emitted by power plants. However, it also includes a clause designed to encourage the modernisation of old, inefficient power plants in eastern Europe. Ten member states, including Romania, Latvia and Cyprus, are eligible to apply for free EUAs, and are due to submit their proposals by the end of September.So far just Poland and the Czech Republic have published their plans. Based on this data, Deutsche Bank has forecast that the EU will hand out 690 million EUAs to the 10 member states over the third phase of the scheme from 2013 to 2020. |