Dec 29, 2015
Sandbag supports four key changes to improve the Commission’s Market Stability Reserve proposal. They are needed to avoid a price crash and the possible collapse of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. • Cancel backloaded allowances • Cancel unallocated free...
Dec 12, 2015
A short consultation response (on CFDs for retrofit power CCS), following the government’s defunding of the UK CCS Commercialisation Competition, offering some alternative ideas on UK strategy for capturing carbon.
Nov 27, 2015
Flaws in the way EU Member States forecast emissions mean Europe is cutting CO2 faster than previously thought. Sandbag’s new analysis reveals that Member State forecasts for both 2014 and 2015 are significantly above actual emission levels. We think this is the thin...
Oct 31, 2015
Sandbag is eager to see a strong 5th carbon budget put in place that ensures the UK can fully meet its international obligations and cost-effectively meet its 2050 target. This will require building in appropriate margins of error when estimating our future EU...
Oct 29, 2015
Sandbag’s complementary briefing to accompany our response to theEuropean Commission’s new Energy Market Design consultation. In it, we propose a European-wide electricity supplier decarbonisation obligation, to enable continued decarbonisation in the face...
