Sandbag in the news

July 2024

• Natura Hoy, 26/07: Un “cambio significativo” lejos del carbón, ya que la mayor parte de la nueva producción de acero ahora funciona con electricidad
• ReportAcero, 26/07: 93% de la capacidad de producción de acero anunciada en 2024 utiliza hornos de arco eléctrico
• Carbon Brief, 18/07: ‘Significant shift’ away from coal as most new steelmaking is now electric
• Siderweb, 16/07: Sandbag: la CCS/U è una «costosa distrazione» per l’acciaio
• Carbon Pulse, 15/07: CCS for traditional steel blast furnaces unlikely to be competitive -think tank
• ENDS Europe, 15/07: Climate analysts warn of ‘growing hype’ over carbon capture in steelmaking
• POLITICO, 15/07: POLITICO Pro Morning Energy & Climate newsletter (Industrial Decarbonization section)
• Carbon Pulse, 05/07: COMMENT: Closing the CBAM scrap loophole – A critical move for climate & competitiveness
• Carbon Pulse, 05/07: INTERVIEW: Tactics to avoid EU CBAM likely to include relocation, circumvention
• Energia oltre, 04/07: Il ruolo dell’idrogeno nelle emissioni dell’Unione europea
• Montel News, 03/07: Hydrogen rollout may cause EUA supply shortage – study
• Carbon Pulse, 03/07: EU ETS could amass 1.7 bln surplus allowances by 2030 unless hydrogen production rises –analyst

June 2024

• HKTDC Research, 25/06: While Politicians Talk of Expanding CBAM, Think Tank Publishes Study Questioning Its Efficacy
• Mosaico Europa, 21/06: Importazioni e impatto ambientale: una soluzione risolutiva?
• 전기저널, 14/06: EU 탄소국경조정제도 도입, 국내 영향과 대응 방안
• Most Favoured nation, 07/06: The hunt for the perfect Tariff
• RSE Data News, 06/06: Commerce international : un “pacte vert” aux effets contre-productifs ?
• Africa Confidential, 04/06: A disputed levy
• Agence Europe, 04/06: CBAM could affect European producers more than importers, according to a report by Sandbag
• Energologija, 04/06: Ekonomski efekti CBAM mehanizma možda neće biti tako veliki kao što se očekuje
• Borderlex, 04/06: THINK TANK: UK election and trade, CBAM, China de-risking
• Bloomberg, 03/06: EU’s Carbon Border Levy Risks Backfiring on Industry, Study Says
• Carbon Pulse, 03/06: EU’s CBAM may hurt bloc’s manufacturers more than int’l ones -NGO
• ENDS Europe, 03/06:  EU producers must ‘squeeze’ margins to remain competitive under CBAM, report warns
• EUObserver, 03/06: EU carbon border tax will have ‘very small impact’ on China, new report finds
• Montel News, 03/06: CO2 border tax may have minimal impact – study

May 2024

• Carbon Pulse, 28/05: EU to be lenient with CBAM penalties during early phase, official says

April 2024

• Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł, 30/04: Polska wciąż węglem stoi. Nie zmieniła tego nawet Unia Europejska
• Carbon Pulse, 26/04: CBAM must tackle recycled aluminium emissions loophole, industry and NGOs say
• RSE Data News, 11/04: Décarbonation : Les Science-Based Targets ouvrent la porte à la compensation carbone sur le scope 3

March 2024

• RSE Data News, 27/03: Marché du carbone européen : les effets pervers d’un outil censé accélérer la transition (EU-ETS) ?
• Capital.gr, 19/03: Η ΕΕ πρέπει να ηγηθεί της κούρσας για τον πράσινο χάλυβα
• Carbon Pulse, 15/03: ‘The Hamburg case’ – How steelmakers won the fight for free EU emissions permits, with help from Germany
• World Commerce Review, 09/03: Europe Quarterly (EQ) – Spring 2024

February 2024

• Carbon Pulse, 28/02: Steelmakers brace for end of free EU carbon allowances
• RSE Data News, 20/02: Absorption et stockage du carbone : les co-législateurs trouvent un compromis sur un cadre de certification (CRCF)
• RSE Data News, 18/02: L’avenir du biochar suspendu au cadre européen d’absorption du carbone ?

January 2024

• Contexte, 31/01: Marché du carbone : la Commission publie sa mise à jour des règles encadrant l’allocation gratuite de quotas carbone
• Global Energy Monitor Newsletter, 31/01: Report argues for demand-pull measures to support green steel switch
• Eurometal, 24/01: Insufficient government intervention could strand green projects: Sandbag
• Contexte, 24/01: Les « limites actuelles » du marché du carbone et la « prédominance » des centrales thermiques, « entravent la compétitivité » de l’acier vert
• SteelGuru Business News, 23/01: Sandbag: Ecosteel evolution: forging a greener horizon
• Montel News, 23/01: Europe risks stranding green steel production – think tank
• Medio Ambiente News, 23/01: Preocupación de recicladores por los planes de la UE de otorgar créditos de carbono gratuitos a las plantas siderúrgicas
• Carbon Pulse, 22/01: Green steel sector hindered by EU ETS prices 
• LesEchos, 22/01: Quotas carbone : quand l’UE protège la vieille sidérurgie aux dépens du climat (in French)
• Deutsch, 10/01: EU-Politik. Wissenschaftler warnen die Kommission, den „Netto“-Ansatz zur Emissionsreduzierung aufzugeben – Deutsch City 
• Euronews, 9/01: Scientists warn Commission to abandon ‘net’ approach to emissions reduction | Euronews
• Carbon Herald, 9/01: Open Letter Demands EU To Separate 2040 Emissions Reduction And Removals Targets (carbonherald.com)
• Carbon Pulse, 04/01: EU stakeholders divided over updated ETS free allocation rules

December 2023

• Carbon Pulse, 22/12: Update of the EU ETS free allocation – polluting for free during a climate crisis
• Contexte, 11/12: Marché du carbone: les recycleurs européens craignent d’etre défavorisés dans l’allocation de quotas acrbone gratuits (in French only)
• Contexte, 07/12 : Marché du carbone: les ONG vent debout contre l’acte délégué sur les quotas carbone gratuits (in French only)
• Carbon Pulse, 06/12 : EU shake-up to ETS allocation only a partial effort to speed up industrial decarbonisation
• Euractiv, 05/12: Recyclers concerned over EU plans to give free carbon credits to steel plants
• ENDS Europe, 05/12: ETS: Commission proposes reform of free allocation rules

November 2023

• OPIS, 03/11: NGOs Push For Free EUAs to Cover Scrap in Steel and Clinker-less Cement Production

September 2023

• Seven Pillars Institute, 27/09: EU Carbon Border Tax: Justice Matters

April 2023

• Carbon Pulse, 18/04: Think-tank calls for shift in EU ETS free allocations ahead of phaseout

March 2023

• OPP, 22/03: Newsfeed (stakeholder reaction to Hydrogen Bank)
• Carbon Pulse, 08/03: Redirecting emissions – why so much of the EU’s carbon cash is funding CCUS

January 2023

• French Institut of International Relations: Notes de l’IFRI

December 2022

• Quartz, 14/12: If Europe’s carbon tariff works, consumers might not even notice it
• Quartz, 13/12: Steel Times International, No. 24, December 2022 (digital edition), Scrap Metal Special Issue (full access here)
• ENDS Europe, 13/12: EU inks tentative deal on carbon border tax
• Carbon Pulse, 08/12: MSR raid may be back on the table as REPowerEU, EU ETS reform talks near end
• Carbon Pulse, 01/12: UPDATE – EU clean energy subsidies should go to sectors where the carbon price ‘doesn’t work’ -report
• Carbon Pulse, 01/12: EU institutions on ‘same side’ in defending Innovation Fund from REPowerEU funding raid, says lawmaker

November 2022 

• Euractiv, 23/11: Recyclers raise the alarm over ETS free allocations for large steelmakers
• S&P Global, 21/11: Recyclers urge early phase-out of EU ETS allocations for steel, metals producers
• Montel News, 21/11: Industry urges swifter phase out of free EUA allocation
• Carbon Pulse, 21/11: EU recyclers urge faster free ETS allocation phaseout, more resource saving

October 2022 

• Euractiv, 04/10: EU ministers back €20 billion plan to ditch Russian fossil fuels

September 2022

• Carbon Brief, 22/09: The Carbon Brief Profile: Russia
• Carbon Pulse, 22/09: Faster free allocation phase out would aid EU steel decarbonisation by curbing scrap exports
• NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 20/09: Breaking out magazine

July 2022

• SteelGuru, 05/07: Sandbag report highlights role of steel scrap in decarbonization

June 2022 

• Industry Europe, 28/06: 66% reduction in fossil fuel use if steel scrap is used properly
• Carbon Pulse, 21/06: Asian steel set to forge ahead with blast furnaces as EU wobbles over border protection
• Montel News, 21/06: End of free carbon permits key to greening steel
• Carbon Pulse, 20/06: EU steel sector can achieve major CO2 cuts with switch to electric
• EcoPolitic, 23/06: Scrap and hydrogen can reduce metallurgical emissions by 73%

April 2022

• Friends of Europe, 25/04: Reform, not a patch, will curb carbon price volatility
• Carbon Pulse, 22/04: COMMENT: Risk of surplus in the EU ETS – a short story

March 2022

• S&P Global, Market Intelligence, 14/03: US carbon markets still going strong as EU allowance prices seesaw

January 2022

• European Court of Auditors – Review No 01/2022: Energy taxation, carbon pricing and energy subsidies