Topics tagged with 'NZ Market Report'
NZ carbon consolidating around $6
6 Mar 2015
Spot NZUs traded at $6.10 yesterday as small offers hit the bid. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs edge up
5 Mar 2015
We closed at $6.25 yesterday as the market slowly grinds higher. OMFinancial reports:
Next stop $7?
4 Mar 2015
We closed at $6.15 yesterday, with no change in our view. OMFinancial reports:
Won't take much for market to move higher
3 Mar 2015
We closed at $6.05 yesterday with the bid starting to build and not much on the offer. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs holding range, but likely to rise
2 Mar 2015
Carbon finished the week at $5.90. OMFinancial reports:
Market might go higher
27 Feb 2015
NZUs traded up to $5.90 yesterday and closed the bid there. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs cheap at $5.86
26 Feb 2015
NZUs are consolidating below $6 and are good buying down here. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs continue in the high $5s
24 Feb 2015
Carbon traded in smalls yesterday, with “rats and mice” volume changing hands at the end of the day. OMFinancial reports:
NZ firm, but Europe bullish
16 Feb 2015
NZUs continue to grind away, closing the week $5.90/$6.00. OMFinancial reports:
NZ carbon still light in volume
12 Feb 2015
Spot carbon traded 15k at $5.95 at the end of the day yesterday, with the market closing $5.95/$6.00. OMFinancial reports:
Market liquid and steady, but slow
11 Feb 2015
Carbon continues to move sideways, holding around the $6 mark. OMFinancial reports:
NZU trade light, but volume expected to pick up
9 Feb 2015
Spot NZUs closed last week quietly, with no trading on Thursday. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs range-bound
4 Feb 2015
NZUs continue to move sideways, with the market still holding $6.00-$6.10. OMFinancial reports:
Risk skewed to the upside
2 Feb 2015
Spot NZU closed the week with 3k trading at $5.95. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs likely to close January around $6
30 Jan 2015
NZUs remain in a tight range around $6, with relatively good buying interest on any dips below the round number. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs remain steady
28 Jan 2015
NZUs continue to remain a $5.85/$6.05 market, with no volume changing hands this week to-date.
NZUs trade at $6
22 Jan 2015
Spot carbon traded at $6.00 yesterday, with a total of 20k transacting from our desk. OMFinancial reports:
New Zealand carbon starts the year on a rise
20 Jan 2015
The spot NZU market has opened the year firm, with spot NZUs trading a range of $6.00 - $6.50. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs hold the mid $5s
17 Dec 2014
NZUs seesawed yesterday, opening at $5.40, dipping to $5.25, then climbing to $5.55, before closing at $5.50. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs hit two-year high
15 Dec 2014
Carbon ended the week slightly down, though prices remain above $5 with spot NZUs closing at $5.40 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs hold at $5
9 Dec 2014
Spot NZUs traded between $4.85 and $5.05 yesterday on about 17k. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs maintain recent highs
8 Dec 2014
Spot NZUs closed Friday at $4.95 on volumes of just over 100,000 tonnes, a rise of 50 cents. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs track higher
3 Dec 2014
NZUs traded higher again, opening at $4.85, trading down to $4.80 and closing back up at $4.85; 18k volume on the day. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs jump
1 Dec 2014
New Zealand carbon jumped 20 cents on Friday; spot NZUs closed $4.55 bid on CommTrade with about 40K volume. OMFinancial reports:
Slight move on spot NZUs
28 Nov 2014
Carbon edged up a little yesterday, to close up 5 cents to $4.32. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs remain quiet
25 Nov 2014
Carbon was quiet again today and the quotes in the market drifted a little wider than usual. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs bubble at $4.30
24 Nov 2014
We continue to bubble around $4.3,5 with not much pushing it either way at present. OMFinancial reports:
Speculators start to pocket the profits
18 Nov 2014
Spot NZUs edged up yesterday, with 10,00 NZUs traded between $4.40 and $4.45. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs trade $4.35
14 Nov 2014
A bit more volume hit the market yesterday with spot NZUs trading $4.35 on about 30,000 tonnes. OMFinancial reports:
Spot NZUs find support at $4.25
13 Nov 2014
Two clips of 25,000 tonnes went through today at $4.25 in spot NZUs, a level where there has been good support previously and buyers have stepped up. OMFinancial reports:
No selling of spot NZUs
12 Nov 2014
Spot NZUs did not trade yesterday, and finished $4.37 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
NZ market lacklustre - for now
11 Nov 2014
NZUs were unchanged yesterday, and the market was completely lacklustre. OMFinancial reports:
European carbon very firm on unit cancellation news
4 Nov 2014
NZUs closed at $4.40 on CommTrade yesterday on small volume. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs sell off a little
31 Oct 2014
NZUs got sold back a little yesterday as some sellers continue to unload NZUs. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs consolidate and look to move higher
28 Oct 2014
This market feels like it’s about to tip to the bid side and move higher. OMFinancial reports:
New Zealand is 'least-cost' carbon
22 Oct 2014
Spot NZUs slipped a little further yesterday to close at $4.30 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Market remains quiet
20 Oct 2014
The carbon market slipped a little late last week to $4.32 on light volume. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs move slightly lower
17 Oct 2014
Some selling entered the market yesterday. OMFinancial reports:
Year-end often active
14 Oct 2014
The week started as last week ended - very quiet. OMFinancial reports:
Week ends quietly at $4.40
13 Oct 2014
It was a quiet end to the week, with the market for spot NZUs on CommTrade closing unchanged at $4.40. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs remain quiet
10 Oct 2014
The market closed at $4.40 on CommTrade for spot NZUs on light volume again. OMFinancial reports:
NZUs remain quiet
9 Oct 2014
Another quiet day for NZUs, spot dealt $4.30 for smalls and closed unchanged at $4.35 on CommTrade. OMFinancial reports:
Govt consulting on Pacific Resilience Facility
Today 12:00pm
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee is calling for submissions on its international treaty examination of the Agreement to Establish the Pacific Resilience Facility.
Govt overhaul leaves the door open for coal mining on conservation land
Today 12:00pm
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government’s sweeping reclassification of thousands of hectares of publicly-owned conservation land has met with sharp criticism, with environmental groups saying the decision leaves vulnerable ecosystems exposed to mining and development.
NZ’s government wants tourism to drive economic growth – but how will it deal with aviation emissions?
22 Oct 2025
By Robert McLachlan, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University | Following a brief dip during the COVID pandemic, aviation is back in a growth phase.
Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits
9 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.
Second fire tears through Tongariro National Park
Tue 9 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Fire crews have returned to Tongariro National Park this morning as a fast-moving fire that started yesterday threatens unburnt vegetation and nearby communities, just a month after a major blaze scorched 3000 hectares in the same area.
Govt launches strategy backing wood-based heat sector
23 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Forestry biomass could replace as much as 40% of fossil fuel-generated process heat by 2050, but access to supply, regulatory settings and business cases for converting to wood-based heat sources are required, the Government says in a series of documents released yesterday.
Minister not concerned about potential economic impacts of ruling out offshore mitigation
Thu 11 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts isn’t worried that ruling out using offshore mitigation is effectively reneging from the Paris Agreement with potential to damage New Zealand’s economy and access to export markets.
What are the causes of recent record-high global temperatures?
Today 12:00pm
The past three years have been exceptionally warm globally.
Is Govt rushing through changes to climate framework to avoid litigation?
Thu 11 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the Government’s motivation for proposed changes to the country’s climate framework law are unclear: “The only reason I can think of is one grounded in potential litigation risk.”
KiwiRail pauses coal trains amid rising climate protests
Tue 9 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Climate activists are ramping up actions this week, with a Christchurch protest leading to KiwiRail pausing some coal train operations on Saturday, and another protest against the Fast-Track Amendment Bill planned for parliament today.
Investors must support positive climate-tech
28 Nov 2025
OPINION: We need better leadership than the current ‘climate opportunism’ that is rife in the Beehive, and we need to back a marketplace that will make it happen, writes Rob Campbell.
$235 billion worth of NZ buildings exposed to flooding
30 Oct 2025
More than 750,000 New Zealanders live in locations exposed to one-in-100-year floods, according to a nationwide study which shows escalating flood risk.
India at COP30: A mismatch between grandstanding and climate action
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Despite India’s attempt to anoint itself as the leader of the developing world, at the COP30 summit, New Delhi’s track record remains contradictory.
Govt warned that scrapping ag emission pricing comes with risks
Thu 11 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s move to halt plans for agricultural emissions pricing without replacing it with any other action will leave New Zealand facing a bigger gap to meet its third emissions budget, Environment ministry officials have warned.
NZ ‘clearly’ breaching international law on climate – Vanuatu Climate Change Minister
Today 12:00pm
By Liz Kivi | Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, says New Zealand restarting fossil fuel exploration and subsidies is an obvious breach of international law, exposing the country to international and domestic litigation.
DOC trims costs and winds down jobs for nature
10 Nov 2025
The Department of Conservation (DOC) is entering a new phase of tighter budgets and structural change as it winds down the pandemic-era Jobs for Nature programme and reshapes its operations to absorb long-term cost pressures.
Media round-up
Today 12:00pm
In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Another offshore wind firm exits New Zealand over a clash with seabed mining; Fonterra falls behind on its climate goals as farm emissions remain flat; and the businesses trapped by the gas 'death spiral'.
Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions
Wed 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.
Australia has new laws to protect nature. Do they signal an end to native forest logging?
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Reforms to Australia’s nature laws have passed federal parliament. A longstanding exemption that meant federal environment laws did not apply to native logging has finally been removed from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
Oil and gas majors would create $78bn more value by stopping exploration
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Media release | Ten of the world’s largest oil and gas companies would create significantly more shareholder value by ending exploration and sharply curtailing upstream development, according to new analysis released today by ACCR.
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.”
Analysis: Why COP30’s ‘tripling adaptation finance’ target is less ambitious than it seems
5 Dec 2025
One of the headline outcomes to emerge from COP30 was a new target to “at least triple” finance for climate adaptation in developing countries by 2035.
Ticking time-bomb in Govt’s failure of leadership on climate – Carr
Tue 9 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | The coalition Government’s failure to slash emissions is like pulling the pin on a grenade, handing it to a kid, and saying “hold on tight, she’ll be right”, says former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr.
TotalEnergies loses in Paris court, marking a turning point for fossil fuel truth-in-advertising
5 Nov 2025
TotalEnergies was found to have misled consumers about its role in the energy transition.
Tribunal warns govt geothermal strategy risks Treaty breach
2 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government's geothermal development strategy risks breaching the Treaty of Waitangi, according to a report from the Waitangi Tribunal released last week.
Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui
29 Jul 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | Green hydrogen pioneer Hiringa Energy is deep in planning to develop an “eight-to-nine figure” methanol plant near Whanganui, using a combination of biomass and hydrogen produced using renewable energy.
Insurers welcome govt decision to keep NHC levy unchanged
21 Nov 2025
Media release |The Insurance Council of New Zealand | Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) has welcomed the Government’s decision to leave the Natural Hazards Commission levy unchanged, amid ongoing concerns around the cost-of-living.
Why I’m not outraged at the Govt’s latest climate backsliding
7 Nov 2025
COMMENT: The Government’s latest climate rollbacks underline New Zealand’s long history of a lack of genuine desire to cut emissions, writes Geoff Bertram.
Shell facing first UK legal claim over climate impacts of fossil fuels
Today 12:00pm
Victims of a deadly typhoon in the Philippines have filed a legal claim against oil and gas company Shell in the UK courts, seeking compensation for what they say is the company's role in making the storm more severe.
NZ fails to back ‘roadmap’ to phase out fossil fuels at COP
24 Nov 2025
By Liz Kivi | Eighty-six countries including Australia, the UK, Germany, and Ireland backed a proposal at COP30 for national plans on how to quit oil, gas and coal – but New Zealand wasn’t one of them.
High risk of economic losses from Cook Islands nodule extraction and sales – new study
Today 12:00pm
Media release: Greenpeace | The economic potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the Cook Islands has been overstated, according to a new independent study commissioned by Greenpeace International.
Govt rushes to pass climate law changes under urgency
Wed 10 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | Legislation to amend the Climate Change Response Act was introduced to Parliament on Monday, and the government intends to rush the changes through under urgency in the next two weeks, avoiding the usual public consultation.
Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Storms in the Southern Ocean influence weather patterns across Australia, New Zealand and the globe.
Heatwaves, downpours and droughts – Auckland on track for more extreme weather
1 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | New projections show Auckland will face more heatwaves, heavier downpours, worsening droughts and growing coastal threats as climate extremes intensify, according to a new report from Earth Sciences New Zealand.
Govt green lights rural recycling scheme
4 Dec 2025
The Government has approved new regulations to bring rural waste schemes under one unified framework.
Shipping movements disrupted as climate change protesters block coal ships
2 Dec 2025
NSW police have arrested 141 people who attempted to block the shipping channel in Newcastle Harbour during Rising Tide protests, which began on Thursday.
Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council
16 Apr 2025
Media release | Straterra has been renamed as New Zealand Minerals Council, says chief executive Josie Vidal.
Neighbours fume over plans to axe trees for solar farm
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Diane McCarthy, Local Democracy Reporter | Whakatāne District Council has thrown its support behind residents of a country lane distressed about Genesis Energy’s plans to axe their trees.
NZ and US studying "huge unknown" in Antarctic climate science
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Media release: Earth Sciences New Zealand | Scientists are measuring a huge unknown in climate science: how much heat Antarctica emits into space.
Solar households to get little-noticed tax break
23 Sep 2025
A provision in the government’s latest tax bill would exempt households from paying tax on income they earn by selling excess electricity back to the grid.
More than $2m up for grabs for low-emissions farming innovation
Wed 10 Dec 2025
The Ag Emissions Centre and AgriZeroNZ yesterday opened their 2026 innovation investment round.
Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs
31 Jul 2025
By Liz Kivi | The government is expected to repeal the oil and gas ban today, with a last-minute amendment handing discretionary power to two ministers over the controversial issue of decommissioning.
Seven EU countries pressure European Commission to rethink 2035 diesel and petrol car ban
Tue 9 Dec 2025
Pressure from EU countries, lawmakers and the automotive industry is likely pushing the European Commission to delay the revision of the bloc's ban on diesel and petrol cars by 2035.
Kaicycle celebrates ten years of collective climate action in Pōneke
14 Nov 2025
Media release: Kaicycle | Since 2015, Kaicycle has grown from a humble pilot project growing kai and collecting compost on bicycles into the thriving urban farm and composting hub that Wellingtonians know and love.
Study provides a step-change in understanding NZ’s groundwater
28 Nov 2025
Media release | Earth Sciences New Zealand has developed a world-first National Groundwater Age Map and a powerful suite of tools to support the sustainable management of our hidden groundwater resources, from national through to local scales.
NZ just had its hottest spring in at least 116 years
Wed 10 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | This year New Zealand had its hottest spring since records began, with widespread heat, rainfall extremes and destructive wind driven by sudden stratospheric warming.
Australian market operator slashes wind farm predictions amid falling costs for solar and batteries
Thu 11 Dec 2025
The body that runs Australia's biggest power market has scaled back its plans for high-voltage power lines and wind farms to meet the country's green energy targets.
