Markets: Analysis
Current carbon credits available
3 Nov 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs, 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
3 Nov 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change, and subject to counter-party credit assessment.
Carbon lower overnight
31 Oct 2008
Carbon resumed its downward trend and closed lower overnight, partly helped by rising coal and falling gas prices, which encourages generators to switch to (cleaner) less expensive gas over (dirtier) more expensive coal - theoretically reducing the demand for carbon credits.
Current carbon credits available
31 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne
Latest trip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
31 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon up nearly 4 per cent overnight
30 Oct 2008
A firm oil market spurred on by a bullish weekly inventory report helped carbon recover last night, with prices up nearly 4 per cent, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
30 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
30 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon tracks lower
29 Oct 2008
Carbon tracked energy commodities lower overnight; oil, gas and electricity prices were all lower, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
29 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
29 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon continues downward path
28 Oct 2008
The price of carbon continues to implode as recession fears drive the price of all commodities down, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
28 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
28 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon bounces back
24 Oct 2008
Carbon bounced overnight after six straight days of decline and amidst record volumes, OMFinancial reports. Prices rallied on average about 25 cents per tonne.
Current carbon credits available
24 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
24 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon heads down in face of recession
23 Oct 2008
Carbon has collapsed nearly six per cent as recession fears look to become a reality - at least in the minds of carbon traders, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
23 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – bid €13.00 and offered €15.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
23 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size.
Carbon slumps on back of weak oil and recession fears
22 Oct 2008
Carbon prices continued to slump overnight on the back of weak oil and growing recession fears.
Current carbon credits available
22 Oct 2008
Broker OMF Financial has the following carbon credits available:
Latest Strip of CER’s 2008 – 2012 Vintage – Indicative Mid Prices
22 Oct 2008
OMF is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon slumps almost $2 a tonne
21 Oct 2008
A very weak secondary CER price and a strong NZDEUR exchange rate has seen the NZ$ equivalent price of carbon slump almost NZD$2 per tonne in most vintages, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
21 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
21 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Power, coal prices keep carbon down
20 Oct 2008
The carbon market weakened again on the back of weak electricity prices in Germany and a slumping coal price, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
20 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
20 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon continues downward slide
17 Oct 2008
Carbon continues to slide in the face of weakening energy related commodities and recession fears, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
17 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
17 Oct 2008
Broker OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size.
Carbon remains volatile
16 Oct 2008
The price of carbon fell about two per cent overnight and remains volatile as fears of a global recession gain momentum, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
16 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
16 Oct 2008
OMF Financial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size.
Market update: credit fears see marked rise in deals through exchanges
15 Oct 2008
Carbon prices continued to rise overnight as confidence starts to return to financial markets.
Carbon credits available
15 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne.
Latest Strip of CER’s 2008 – 2012 Vintage – Indicative Mid Prices
15 Oct 2008
OMF is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon rallies on firming energy market
14 Oct 2008
The carbon market rallied today mainly on the back of firm energy markets and a return of some confidence, of sorts, into the financial markets, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
14 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
14 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon dips lower
13 Oct 2008
Carbon prices turned lower on Friday, mainly due to large falls in energy-related commodities, says broker OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available
13 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
13 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size.
Carbon price jumps
10 Oct 2008
Carbon prices jumped today on the back of a firm gas price and weak coal price, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
10 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
10 Oct 2008
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size.
Carbon second-fiddle to financial markets
9 Oct 2008
Carbon played second-fiddle overnight to major events happening in financial markets, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
9 Oct 2008
NZUs – December 2009 – 100,000 tonnes – Bid €13.00 and offered €17.00 per tonne.
Latest strip of CERs 2008 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
9 Oct 2008
OM Financial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size.
Disestablishing Environment Ministry 'too risky', say environmental advocates
Wed 18 Mar 2026
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Oil shock tests Government’s balancing act
Tue 17 Mar 2026
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Govt's solar on farms initiative to cut costs, boost resilience
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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.
Iran oil crisis: why NZ’s car dependence is now a strategic liability
Wed 18 Mar 2026
By Timothy Welch, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau | The war in Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have sent oil prices past US$100 a barrel – and Kiwis flocking to fill up. Petrol just hit NZ$3 a litre and some stations have reported running dry.
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.
