Topics tagged with 'NZ Market Report'
Australian ETS goes to House
15 May 2009
Australia has introduced its ETS legislation into the House and now the test will come from the Liberal opposition and the Greens to either support the legislation or the give the Government its double dissolution trigger to go the polls for an early election.
Current carbon credits available
15 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
15 May 2009
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 price has doubled since February
12 May 2009
New Zealand really needs to make a decision soon in regard to the ETS - the price of carbon has doubled since February and our slow inaction means emitters have been unable to take advantage of a very low carbon price, says OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available
12 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes - price on application.
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
12 May 2009
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 continues rise
8 May 2009
The carbon price continued to rise overnight in line with firm oil.
Current carbon credits available
8 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.50 ($/t)
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
8 May 2009
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 rally might not be sustainable
5 May 2009
The price of carbon continues to rally on the back of firmer energy prices, but the contango is narrowing, especially in secondary CERs, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
5 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.95 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
5 May 2009
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 trades-the-range
1 May 2009
Carbon continues to trade-the-range, in spite of a negative forecast by European carbon analysts, who expect the price of carbon to crash later this year as a flood of new (European) allowances hits the market, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
1 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.75 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
1 May 2009
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 weakens overnight
28 Apr 2009
Carbon weakened slightly overnight in line with softer energy prices, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
28 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.50 ($/t) .
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
28 Apr 2009
OMFinacial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counter-party credit assessment.
European carbon prices down, but CERS up slightlly
24 Apr 2009
Carbon was mixed overnight; European prices (EUAs) fell slightly in response to weaker energy prices, but secondary CERs rose on average about 2 per cent across all vintages.
Current carbon credits available
24 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$25.50 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
24 Apr 2009
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 and energy markets dip overnight
21 Apr 2009
Carbon prices dipped overnight in sympathy with weak energy markets, with oil, gas, coal and electricity all trading lower.
Current carbon credits available
21 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage –iIndicative mid-prices
21 Apr 2009
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 builds cautious up-trend
17 Apr 2009
The carbon price continues to trade the recent range, though has been building a cautious up-trend over the past couple of months, says broker OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available
17 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
17 Apr 2009
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 trading markets closed
14 Apr 2009
The regular OMFinancial carbon markets report will return on Friday.
First sale of NZUs goes through
9 Apr 2009
The first sale of units under the emissions trading scheme will settle now that the first trance of 2008 New Zealand Units has been credits to the registry accounts of those who submitted returns, says broker OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available
9 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 400,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t)
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
9 Apr 2009
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 starts firm, then weakens
7 Apr 2009
Carbon tracked the energy complex and started the day very firm, hitting a three-month high on firm German electricity prices, but slipped later in the day as energy prices weakened with oil leading the decline, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
7 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 400,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t)
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
7 Apr 2009
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 slips overnight
3 Apr 2009
Carbon's correlation with energy prices has slipped somewhat with carbon falling overnight even in the face of very firm oil and European electricity prices, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
3 Apr 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 400,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t)
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
3 Apr 2009
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.
Eight million NZUs to be issued tomorrow
31 Mar 2009
The Minister for Climate Change Issues has directed the Registrar of the New Zealand Emissions Unit Registry to issue 8 million New Zealand Units into the Crown holding account, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
31 Mar 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 400,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices.
31 Mar 2009
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 and oil up overnight
27 Mar 2009
The price of carbon tracked oil higher overnight, after several days of decline, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
27 Mar 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 400,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
27 Mar 2009
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 follows rise in energy markets
24 Mar 2009
The price of carbon firmed overnight as oil, electricity and gas prices all rose.
Current carbon credits available
24 Mar 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 400,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
24 Mar 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
NZUs record first transaction
20 Mar 2009
New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme has recorded its first transaction in New Zealand Units (NZUs), OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
20 Mar 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2010 to 2012 - 200,000 tonnes per year offered at NZ$25 ($/t)
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
20 Mar 2009
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.
Oil pushes carbon up
17 Mar 2009
Carbon rose slightly overnight on the back of a firmer oil market, which surprised most given the news from OPEC that it would not cut production, broker OMFinancial reports.
Fifty years of observations, no reversal of glacier climate damage
31 Mar 2026
Media release: Earth Sciences New Zealand | Fifty years on from the first aerial survey of our Southern Alps glaciers, late snow and variable summer weather delivered a temporary reprieve from rapid ice loss, says Earth Sciences New Zealand.
From war to weather: A ‘super El Niño’ event poses fresh risks to global food costs
Fri 10 Apr 2026
An unusually powerful El Niño later this year could exacerbate food security fears as disruption caused by the Iran war strains supply for crucial fertilier products.
$30m airline fund risks ‘burning public money’ without lasting benefit – expert
20 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | A $30 million government package to support regional air routes risks delivering poor value for money while increasing emissions, according to transport strategist Tim Adriaansen.
Media round-up
Fri 10 Apr 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Past fuel price spikes failed to shift Kiwis out of their cars with signs suggesting it’s happening again, a 'she’ll be right' attitude is not enough in a climate crisis, and should forestry be listed as critical in the government's national fuel plan?
Environmental groups launch legal action over Govt's 'tick-box approach' to conservation land
Wed 8 Apr 2026
By Liz Kivi | Forest & Bird and the Environmental Defence Society are taking the Government to court over decisions about the future of publicly-owned land on Te Tai Poutini/the West Coast.
New alliance wants renewable-led energy – and Govt to press pause on LNG
Thu 9 Apr 2026
A newly formed coalition of business, consumer and energy organisations has unveiled a renewable-led strategy it says will strengthen the country’s energy security, and it’s calling on the Government to pause its plan for an LNG import terminal.
Carbon ‘stockpile’ up 9 million in March quarter
Fri 10 Apr 2026
By Liz Kivi | The ‘stockpile’ of pollution permits (NZUs) in private accounts has increased by just over 9 million to almost 145 million since the end of 2025, according to the latest figures from the Environmental Protection Authority.
India pulls out of bid to host UN climate summit
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Climate experts term the decision as a setback and surprise as India had been using the proposed summit to position itself as climate leader of the Global South.
Economic contraction will impact carbon market
1 Apr 2026
By Liz Kivi | While higher fossil fuel prices strengthen the long-run economics of decarbonisation, the current fuel crisis won’t inspire near-term confidence in the carbon market, according to Lizzie Chambers of Carbon Match.
Activist ends five-day tree-top protest at West Coast coal mine
Fri 10 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | A climate activist has ended a five-day tree-top occupation that blocked access to Bathurst Resources’ Cypress Mine on the West Coast, in a protest against plans to expand what could become New Zealand’s largest coal mine.
Supply-side pressures and political uncertainty ahead for carbon market
Tue 7 Apr 2026
By Kristen Green | ANALYSIS: With failed auctions, a surge of new forestry registrations, and an election a few months away, the NZ ETS in 2026 will be subject to a mix of supply-side pressures and political uncertainty.
Sustainable retail-office project breaks ground under new Green Star framework
19 Feb 2026
Construction is set to begin on a new retail-office development in central Auckland, which is targeting a 40% reduction in embodied carbon and 25% lower energy.
Opposition attacks Govt over fossil fuel phaseout backdown
2 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | Revelations that Resources Minister Shane Jones ruled out New Zealand signing up to a 'road map' away from fossil fuels at last year’s global climate summit show the National Party’s minor coalition partners’ undue influence over the Government, according to Labour leader Chris Hipkins.
Carbon price: Ups and downs amid geopolitical uncertainty
26 Mar 2026
By Liz Kivi | After ups and downs in recent weeks, the carbon market again broke above the $40 mark this week, with questions around how the Middle East conflict will play out weighing on market confidence.
Govt tweaks consenting rules for EV chargers
Fri 10 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has announced a national reset of planning rules for EV chargers, which it says aim to address infrastructure shortages which have put the brakes on electric vehicle uptake in New Zealand.
Environmental groups call for ETS reform
20 Feb 2026
Several environmental organisations are calling on political parties to make climate and biodiversity central to the 2026 election campaign, with reforming the Emissions Trading Scheme seen as a key priority.
Climate change means a 2004-level flood would likely be worse today
Fri 10 Apr 2026
By Rebecca Hogan, Local Democracy Reporter | If floods equivalent to the devastating 2004 event hit Manawatū today, it is predicted the outcome would be more extreme “as a result of climate change”.
Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions
10 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.
Wellington planting nears one million trees
30 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Greater Wellington’s parks restoration programme will hit one million native trees this year, with the first dams to rewet peat wetlands in Queen Elizabeth Park now completed after a years-long effort to bring these ecosystems – and their carbon sequestering superpowers – back to life.
Genesis fires up pellet study with Nature’s Flame
Wed 8 Apr 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | Genesis Energy is extending its quest for locally produced torrefied wood pellets to supplement coal and gas to fuel its Huntly power station, announcing it is investigating plant construction with established local solid fuels player Nature’s Flame.
A matter of strategy
Tue 7 Apr 2026
COMMENT: Even on the brink of a global commodities crisis, the possibilities for climate action aren't hopelessly foreclosed. Strategy can turn our fortunes around, writes David Hall.
RMA to speed up fossil fuel consents
18 Aug 2025
By Liz Kivi | An energy lobby group has welcomed a last-minute amendment to the RMA that puts fossil fuels on the same footing as renewables, however a sustainable energy expert says the move “beggars belief.”
FMA to ease conditions for green bond issues
31 Mar 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | Green, social and sustainability-linked bonds will face lower disclosure requirements and regulatory costs under a class exemption newly granted by the Financial Markets Authority.
New protections for NZ migratory species under UN convention
2 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New international protections for migratory species, including several found in New Zealand, are a positive step – but global protections won’t halt the decline of migratory species on their own, experts say.
Fonterra admits ‘100% grass-fed’ claim breached law in greenwashing row
2 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Fonterra has admitted its “100% New Zealand grass-fed” claims on Anchor butter were misleading and breached the law, settling a case brought by Greenpeace Aotearoa over packaging used between December 2023 and April 2025.
Govt missing opportunity to slash electricity prices, says expert
11 Feb 2026
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s fixation on eliminating the "dry-year risk margin" as a lever to reduce costs misses a much bigger opportunity to lower electricity prices, according to Christina Hood, head of Compass Climate.
NZ prepares to join ‘gold rush’ for white hydrogen
25 Mar 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand may be close to commercialising the capture and use of naturally occurring ‘white’ hydrogen, with investment plans for developments in the Wairarapa region picking up pace in response to spiralling oil prices.
Media round-up
20 Mar 2026
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Crown lawyers agree High Court could quash emissions plan if found unlawful; NZ is locked in 'disaster inertia'; and climate change is notably absent from new development laws.
Climate law change spanner in the works for Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry
19 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s controversial changes to New Zealand’s legal framework for climate policy have thrown a spanner in the works for a long-running Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry into climate change.
Lawyers complain to ombudsman over Govt failure to release LNG modelling
1 Apr 2026
By Liz Kivi | Lawyers for Climate Action has made a formal complaint to the Ombudsman over the Government’s failure to release information about its controversial decision to build a LNG import terminal.
EA entrenches 10kW export limit for residential solar
Wed 8 Apr 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | The Electricity Authority intends to require all electricity networks to offer at least a 10 kilowatt (kW) export capacity for residential rooftop and other small-scale distributed generation.
NZ First targets regional share of mining royalties
30 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand First has proposed returning 50% of mining royalties to regional communities, saying that too much of the value from resource extraction is currently flowing to Wellington.
Tuvalu prioritises climate change in agreement with NZ
27 Mar 2026
By Liz Kivi | New Zealand has pledged an additional $20 million to climate resilience work in Tuvalu, more than doubling Aotearoa's aid to the tiny island nation in the current financial year.
Worst in a generation: Environmentalists slam fisheries reform bill
25 Mar 2026
Media release: Greenpeace | The Fisheries Amendment Bill, which will likely have its first reading in parliament this week, is being labelled the worst fisheries policy in a generation by environmental groups who are calling for it to be rejected to protect ocean health.
Renewable build-out runs into grid and firming limits
Wed 8 Apr 2026
New Zealand's electricity market entered 2026 with renewable generation at record levels and a substantial build pipeline finally moving from paper to construction. The harder question is whether the wider system can absorb and firm that capacity fast enough.
Kiwis overly optimistic about state of environment
27 Feb 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New research suggests many New Zealanders believe the environment is in better shape than it really is, with public perceptions often out of step with scientific evidence.
‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics
24 Feb 2026
Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?
Activists occupy controversial gold drilling site
25 Mar 2026
By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | Opposition in Golden Bay to a controversial gold mine at Sams Creek has flared up over the weekend after several activists briefly occupied a drilling site.
China has a new competitor? Kazakhstan reveals huge rare Earth deposit that could power the next tech boom
25 Feb 2026
China’s grip on rare earths might finally see some competition, and the world is already taking notice.
Solar energy, cheap battery storage can meet 90% of India’s power demand at affordable costs: Ember report
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Battery storage is now cheap enough in India that solar power can meet 90% of the country’s power demand at lower lifetime costs than current average purchase rates in most states, a new study has found, a finding that could potentially point to a future buffer against global energy shocks.
Sci-tech prioritisation report is a joke that could cost NZ dearly, says NZ Association of Scientists
2 Apr 2026
Media release: New Zealand Association of Scientists | The Prioritisation Report released yesterday by the Prime Minister’s Science Innovation and Technology Council makes a poor case for further cuts and changes to our research system.
Carbon trading schemes cut more emissions than carbon taxes, according to global study
20 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Carbon trading schemes are more effective than carbon taxes at reducing emissions, cutting fossil fuel use, and accelerating the shift to renewable energy, a global study has found.
AI’s arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it’s locking in more fossil fuels
2 Apr 2026
Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a “moonshot.” Microsoft says it’s still aiming to remove more carbon than it creates by 2030 but now describes the effort as “a marathon, not a sprint.”
Pacific climate response in question as NZ finance remains unclear
19 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | With New Zealand's $1.3 billion international climate finance commitment set to end with no clarity on what follows, the Auditor-General says oversight of that funding remains patchy and long-term outcomes are unclear.
Free fares call as fuel crisis impacts school attendance
Wed 8 Apr 2026
An open letter is urging the Government to make public transport free for all school children and subsidised for students under 25, as rising fuel costs begin to impact attendance and access to education across the country.
Infrastructure plan calls for ‘predictable approach’ to electrifying economy
18 Feb 2026
Aotearoa’s first National Infrastructure Plan, introduced to Parliament yesterday, calls for "a predictable approach to electrifying the economy" as one of ten priorities for the next decade.
Dairy farmers' lack of climate action 'even bleaker' than water inaction – Upton
1 Apr 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Government projections for cutting agricultural emissions are being undermined by low farmer uptake, with the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warning the country is relying on “heroic” assumptions to meet its methane targets.
AI tool predicts wildfire danger faster than current systems
26 Mar 2026
Media release | A wildfire forecasting system powered by artificial intelligence could help detect dangerous fire conditions earlier and reduce the cost of wildfire response, according to new research from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury.
Fast-track approved project could deliver NZ’s largest wind farm
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Media release: New Zealand Government |Fast-track approval has been granted for New Zealand’s largest wind farm project.
