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To Copenhagen via Australia
The start of Australia's much talked-about carbon trading scheme has been put back a year to 2011. Andrew Petersen and Eros Artuso at PricewaterhouseCoopers discuss the details of the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The shape of shipping
The dry-bulk freight market staged a short rebound early this year following September's dramatic crash, but prices and volumes have since dropped. Katie Holliday talks to FFA market participants about their expectations for the market from here
Russia and the EU Gas Market
Russia is the world's largest exporter of natural gas and holds the largest reserves. With Europe increasingly dependent on Russia for future gas supplies, Eric Fishhaut of GlobaView looks at Russia's influence over gas supply and demand
Forcing the issue
Given the success of portfolio standards in the US in promoting the renewables sector, the coal and nuclear industries are calling for portfolio standards of their own. Elisa Wood reports
Bridging the gap
Asia's regional commodity exchanges are expanding but the emergence of an Asian exchange champion to challenge Western platforms looks a long way off. Georgina Lee reports
Daniel Yergin
Dr Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Prize and chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), discusses changes in the energy markets over the past 15 years with Pauline McCallion
Wind energy: oversize methodology
Operating wind farms to optimal efficiency is difficult to achieve. Andrés Cortés, Eduardo Martín and Enrique Doheijo of Deloitte discuss their method for improving the use of wind and its integration in power grids
Majors' contango play set to fade
Oil companies that profited from storing oil amid falling prices are unlikely to to see similar returns as the longer-term economic picture begins to brighten. Pauline McCallion reports
Steel industry looks to iron ore swaps
Steel producers remain sceptical of the benefits of hedging with futures contracts. Now interest in iron-ore derivatives could offer another way for steel players to hedge risk, finds Katie Holliday
S&P to launch carbon risk service
Standard & Poor's is set to launch Copra, a new risk assessment tool offering independent assessment of CER delivery risk for CDM projects
Testing the metal
Interest in physically backed exchange-traded gold products boomed last quarter on the back of counterparty risk fears. But the industry is divided on what impact the surge of inflows had on the physical gold market's prices. Could the same effect now be…
Safe haven
Gold has been a favourite with investors looking for a safe haven since last year's turbulence began. But will this persist in 2009, or will the precious metal start to lose its shine as a hedging option? Pauline McCallion finds out
Sheikh Yamani: Saudi Arabia unlikely to embrace oil futures
In an interview this week, former Saudi oil minister Sheikh Yamani told Energy Risk that futures trading on exchanges had turned the global crude oil market into a "casino".
Adaptation Fund sells first CERs
The World Bank's Adaptation Fund has sold its first Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) as part of its CER monetisation programme.
Shell reorganises business structure
Royal Dutch Shell has announced a series of changes to its organisational structure including the merging of its upstream businesses and the launch of a new projects and technology business.
Carbon industry calls for clarity on emission targets
Leading carbon market figures at the Carbon Expo conference in Barcelona have demanded increased clarity on four crucial issues ahead of the UN's COP 15 climate talks in Copenhagen in December.
New LNG reporting tool launched
A new daily gas flow and LNG vessel movement reporting service for energy traders and analysts has been launched by shipping information specialists Lloyd's Register-Fairplay and energy trading software company Innovez.
Exelon presses on with NRG acquisition
The Federal Energy Regulatory Comission (FERC) has approved Exelon Corporation's application for its proposed acquisition of NRG Energy.
ASX to launch coal futures on July 7
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has received regulatory clearance to launch its physically delivered thermal coal (FOB Newcastle) futures and options contracts on July 7.