Managing Director Nico Girod has a different take on what going on with prices in the EU ETS market in Bloomberg's latest article.

"Still, not everyone’s convinced that the speculators are back. It’s possible that utilities are just buying permits on the cheap to use in the future, according to Nicolas Girod, managing director at ClearBlue Markets....

Nova Scotia just released the results of the first auction of its provincial Cap & Trade program. ClearBlue has been following the development of the Nova Scotia Cap & Trade program from its early days and provided some insight into the results below for Carbon Pulse.

“'[Mandatory participants] don’t really have a reference there to put bids on,...

ClearBlue Markets has partnered with IETA to develop up-to-date market analysis on the WCI Market in California and Quebec as well as the Canadian OBPS Market through IETA's new Carbon Market Business Briefs. 

From IETA: "With the continued expansion of emissions trading globally, the Business Briefs outline the coverage, deadlines, penalties, flexib...

“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current short-run outlook has turned sour compared to our initial expectations at the beginning of the year,” said Benjamin Evans, a market analyst at ClearBlue Markets.

Our Market Analyst, Benjamin Evans provides ClearBlue insight on where we predict EUA prices are headed this year.

Click here to rea...

Listen to ClearBlue's Managing Directors Nicolas Girod and Michael Berends on Carbon Pulse's new podcast CARBON PULSE CONVERSATIONS 002. Listen to ClearBlue market expertise as they discuss the WCI California-Quebec Cap & Trade Market, the development of the Canadian federal offset program, the Clean Fuel Standard, the Canadian OBPS and Alberta's ne...

ClearBlue Markets' Managing Director of Markets, Nicolas Girod was recently quoted in an article discussing the impact of the Coronavirus on carbon markets.

Below is a section of the article that includes Nicolas' analysis:

"While carbon prices stopped falling on Thursday, the permits are still down 36% over the past five days and traded at about 15.4...

Our Managing Director of Markets Nicolas Girod was recently quoted in a Market Voice article on risk management in the global carbon markets. 

Many analysts and industry experts expect the price of carbon to rise even further this year, breaking through the psychologically important threshold of €30.

“While the addition of supply from the U.K. wi...

ClearBlue Markets is excited to announce that it is a Silver Sponsor of the 2020 IGUA Spring Seminar. This year's seminar will be held from May 12th to May 14th in Montebello, Quebec.

Two of our Managing Directors will be in attendance. If you would like to set up a meeting contact Nicolas Girod and Michael Berends.

According to IGUA: "Canada continue...

"Analysts have lowered forecasts for the price of European Union carbon permits for 2020 as a restart to British auctioning of permits, expected following Brexit later this month, will swell supply.

"Ben Evans, a market analyst at ClearBlue Markets said the 2019 allowances would likely all be sold in a few months ahead of the April-end compliance dea...

Read our EUA forecast for 2020 from our Market Analyst Ben Evans here or at Carbon Pulse.