Markets: Analysis
Australia will get over carbon tax drama
4 Mar 2011
The Gillard carbon tax drama In Australia will subside with time just as it did in New Zealand, Carbon News Solutions predicts.
Two views on NZU prices
4 Mar 2011
The NZU price has traded between $19.40 and $19.80 this week, Westpac reports.
The video footage that terrifies power companies
25 Feb 2011
By Nick Hodge. They won’t announce it yet, but utility companies are shaking in their boots.
South Korea to set up carbon scheme
25 Feb 2011
South Korea is set to become one of the first countries in Asia to set up a domestic carbon trading scheme.
Sell CERs and bank the profit, broker says
25 Feb 2011
Spot NZUs traded higher this week, touching a high of $19.60, OMFinancial reports.
Buyers dominate market
25 Feb 2011
Prices this week have traded between $19.10 and $19.70 on a spot equivalent basis, Westpac reports, with volumes trading both spot and forward.
Aussie scheme could be lucrative for NZ carbon sellers
18 Feb 2011
As more of the Garnaut papers are released, Australia moves closer to a revised carbon scheme, Carbon Market Solutions says.
Buyers moving in to snap-up NZUs
18 Feb 2011
What a difference a week can make - NZUs have traded between $18.90 and $19.45 on a spot equivalent basis, Westpac reports.
Tight range covers NZU prices
18 Feb 2011
Spot NZU prices continue to trade a tight range, OMFinancial reports.
Europe CER ban might affect our ETS
11 Feb 2011
Europe has decided to ban a type of CER from its Emissions Trading Scheme from 2013, a decision which has the potential to have a significant impact on the New Zealand scheme, Carbon Market Solutions reports.
It's a buyer's market ... for now, at least
11 Feb 2011
This week the NZU market has traded between $18.95 and $9.45 on a spot-equivalent basis, Westpac reports.
Sellers looking for pre-Christmas prices
11 Feb 2011
Prices have traded a tight range, with most of the activity between $19.10 and $19.45, OMFinancial reports.
These days, it's all about shale oil
4 Feb 2011
By Keith Kohl.- "The era of plentiful, low-cost petroleum is reaching an end" - it's been nearly six years since those words began the now-famous Hirsch Report.
ETS adds to the confusion
4 Feb 2011
From a carbon market perspective, the Government’s review of the Emissions Trading Scheme has generated further uncertainty among the public and among ETS participants, Carbon Market Solutions says.
NZU market drifts back
4 Feb 2011
The NZU market has traded between $19.10 and $19.55 on a spot equivalent basis this week, Westpac reports.
NZUs start to move upward ... slowly
4 Feb 2011
The price of NZUs has started to move up slowly from the low $19s to the mid-$19s on light volume, OMFinancial says.
Energy market contemplates the end of oil
28 Jan 2011
By Nick Hodge. The energy market as you know it is on the verge of a vast transformation.
Emitters looking to 2011 obligations
28 Jan 2011
Local activity has started to pick up, with all interest focussed on the Spot NZU market, OMFinancial reports.
Buyers active as Chinese New Year looms
28 Jan 2011
The NZU market has traded between NZD18.80 and NZD19.30 on a spot equivalent basis this week, Westpac reports.
Credits worth $15m stolen in registry heist
21 Jan 2011
More than $15 million worth of carbon credits have been stolen in a daring heist in Europe.
It's a case of backwardation ... sort of
21 Jan 2011
The New Zealand carbon market is in backwardation – in theory, at least.
Market picking up for new year
21 Jan 2011
With market participants back to work this week there has been a pick-up in activity, after lacklustre trading during the holiday period, Westpac reports.
Gap between NZUs and CERs widens
21 Jan 2011
The spot NZU market has weakened slightly this week, trading between $18.90 and $19.30 on about 300,000 tonnes, OMFinancial reports.
NZU prices hold up against CERs
17 Dec 2010
Despite a rise in NZD-CER prices to around $21.70 in recent days, NZU prices (which had previously been pressured lower by the fall in NZD-CER prices) have remained pitched around the $20 mark, Westpac reports.
NZU prices likely to consolidate in the short-term
17 Dec 2010
A fairly quiet week over all, with subdued trading in both spot and forward NZUs, OMFinancial reports.
NZ sellers caught on the hop, says trader
10 Dec 2010
NZU sellers’ hopes of a continuing upward trend for NZU prices were halted last week due to the effects of a dropping CER price, says Carbon Market Solutions.
Sellers looking to monetise holdings
10 Dec 2010
NZU prices have traded between $19.90 and $20.30 (on a spot equivalent basis), says Westpac.
Spot CERs at $20.30
10 Dec 2010
The following offer prices from OMFinancial are for up to 100,000 tonnes (minimum 25,000)and are indicative, subject to a price and KYC/counterparty confirmation:
Spot and forwad NZU sellers begin to emerge
10 Dec 2010
NZUs traded at $20.38 early in the week and traded down to $20 as CERs continue to exert price pressure on the local unit, OMFinancial reports.
Spot CERs $20.40
8 Dec 2010
The following offer prices are for up to 100,000 tonnes (minimum 25,000) and are indicative, subject to a price and KYC/counterparty confirmation.
Spot CERs nudge up again
7 Dec 2010
The following offer prices from OMFinancial are for up to 100,000 tonnes (minimum 25,000), and are indicative, subject to a price and KYC/counterparty confirmation:
CER price fall slightly
6 Dec 2010
The following CER offer prices from OMFinancial are for up to 100,000 tonnes (minimum 25,000)m indicative and subject to a price and KYC/counterparty confirmation:
Parcel of 100,000 NZUs looks for buyer
3 Dec 2010
A parcel of 100,000 forward NZUs is up for tender.
Demand for NZUs softens as CER price falls
3 Dec 2010
The market for NZUs changed dramatically this week with the NZD - CER price falling to approximately NZD 20.25.
Spot market trades for up to $20.88
3 Dec 2010
The spot market traded between $20.56 and $20.88 this week for about 150,000 tonnes and the forwards for April 2011 delivery traded at $20.74 for 20,000 tonnes, OMFinancial reports.
NZU prices close on CERs
30 Nov 2010
The difference in price between spot NZUs and spot CERs has closed to just a few cents.
Emitter buys 10,000 tonnes through tender
26 Nov 2010
A buy tender for up to 50,000 tonnes of spot or forward NZUs drew offers of up to 210,000 tonnes.
Offers roll in for first NZUs buy tender
26 Nov 2010
Details are expected later today of the outcome of the first buy tender on the New Zealand carbon market.
Interest grows as CERs deal in NZ dollars
26 Nov 2010
New Zealand emitters can now buy CERs on the domestic market in New Zealand dollars, removing exchange-rate risk.
They're installing one new wind turbine every hour
26 Nov 2010
By Jeff Siegel.- 239 gigawatts of power by 2020.
Volume picks up, says Westpac
26 Nov 2010
It has been another interesting week in the market for New Zealand Units (NZUs) with increased volumes transacted, much of it completed on a forward basis, Westpac reports.
Good demand for NZUs, despite low price of CERs
26 Nov 2010
The spot NZU market traded at $20.80 this week for 50,000 tonnes, and while the differential between NZUs and NZ$ CERs is less than NZ$1, there is good demand for both spot and forward NZUs at current levels.
Buyer calls tender for spot carbon
23 Nov 2010
The fledgling New Zealand spot carbon market has its first buy tender.
NZ forest credits might fill CDM shortfall
19 Nov 2010
Clean Development Mechanism developers are looking to New Zealand’s forestry credits to help to make up an expected shortfall in the credits they must deliver from their projects.
Buyers accruing liabilities faster than they can buy NZUs
19 Nov 2010
Activity in the New Zealand market continues to increase, Westpac reports.
Climate Commission called to Waitangi inquiry over alleged breaches
Tue 10 Mar 2026
By Liz Kivi | The Climate Change Commission is being called to front up to the Waitangi Tribunal and give evidence over alleged legal breaches of its obligations to Māori.
Renewables surge cuts power emissions, but oil dominates fossil fuel use
Fri 13 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand’s fossil fuel emissions fell in 2025 as strong renewable electricity generation reduced the need for gas-fired power, but oil consumption is rising and now accounts for a record share of fossil emissions.
Govt's solar on farms initiative to cut costs, boost resilience
17 Feb 2026
Farms across Aotearoa will begin installing solar panels and battery systems as part of a government-backed demonstration programme designed to test whether on-farm renewable energy can reduce electricity costs and improve energy security for the food and fibre sector.
Annual emissions fell to lowest in 15 years in Sept 2025
5 Feb 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to their lowest annual total in the year to September 2025 since records began 2010, according to Statistics New Zealand data published this morning.
Greenpeace slams Govt climate policies amid rising petrol prices
Thu 12 Mar 2026
As petrol prices climb to $3 a litre, Greenpeace is blaming Government decisions for leaving Kiwis harder hit by the oil price spike.
Tairāwhiti needs proper Govt support to heal the land – not empty announcements for political optics
24 Feb 2026
OPINION: The Government’s answer to Tairāwhiti’s severe erosion crisis – that the region apply for modest, contestable funding rounds – while rejecting the region's own land transition business case, leaves our long-term resilience hanging in the balance, writes Manu Caddie.
Rule changes could reshape corporate emissions strategies
6 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand organisations may need to rethink how they manage and report electricity-related emissions as proposed global accounting changes take shape, according to a new report.
