We carry out scenario analysis and research to examine and understand how potential changes to supply and demand will impact the future of fossil fuel-exposed companies and projects. This analysis helps the investment community better understand the financial implications of tackling climate change
How to ensure that the clean power target enables decarbonisation of heat and transport while avoiding lock-in with high...
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Carbon Tracker analysis finds serious shortcomings in the Environmental Impact Assessment report of Peterhead-CCS This...
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Our recommendations for UK policymakers on how to avoid wasting billions of taxpayers' money without substantially decreasing...
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The real climate impact of Blue Hydrogen and Gas-CCS Our report reveals that CO2 emissions from Blue Hydrogen and Gas-CCS...
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After his recent primary wins Donald Trump is assured to be the Republican Party’s nominee for President. Polling shows he...
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The UK Government’s CCUS strategy risks locking consumers into a high-cost, fossil-based future, despite cleaner and cheaper...
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For utilities, we must look both forward and backward. Firms must avoid building new coal and gas generation assets and...
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Today we are launching an update to our Country Profiles for the global coal power sector. This is a platform designed to assist...
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The GB power system is increasingly at risk of becoming stuck in transition on its necessary path to carbon neutrality. Over...
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Investments in the electricity grid are not keeping up with the rapid growth of wind resulting in record losses of green...
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With UK and European leaders continuing to ponder the long-term future of power market design, common themes continue to arise...
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In September 2020, the People’s Republic of China announced targets of peaking economy-wide carbon emissions before 2030 and...
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There must have been a time in the 1920s some 20 years after the introduction of the Model T Ford in the United States, and with...
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Recent extreme price spikes for the GB power market have triggered key discussions over whether the time has come for a shift in...
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Download Infographic Here The energy transition may well be determined by the phenomenon of S-curves. This is because the future...
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This article was first published by Brink News, with thanks to Thomas Carver. The shift away from a carbon-based economy risks...
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The war in Ukraine is a further example of the inherent fragility of the world fossil fuel system. It is accelerating the energy...
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Amidst an energy crisis and a power supply crunch, the Japanese power sector is today experiencing unprecedented stress owing to...
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On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA does not have authority, under the Clean Air Act, to set up an emissions...
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Fossil fuel commodity prices are likely to remain volatile with the prospect for further embargos. This is a manifestation of non...
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The risks associated with gas infrastructure investment have never been higher This report continues our series exploring the...
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Today the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of West Virginia v. EPA. The case centers on the EPA’s ability to...
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Poland is approaching a key point in determining the future direction of its power system and the technologies that it wishes to...
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We welcome the recent announcement that South Africa has struck a deal to access concessional financing of $8.5bn over the next...
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The Chinese government has been sending mixed messages on its long-term climate ambitions once again On the one hand, an...
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$110 billion of coal plants owned by listed Asian utilities could become uneconomic as the world takes action to meet climate...
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Unabated gas plants’ future role in the power system should be predominantly limited to backup reserve to allow for flexible...
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Renewables continue to increase their cost competitiveness versus coal, with 27% of the global coal fleet unprofitable today. Do...
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Ending the use of coal for power generation in South Korea by 2028 is not only possible but also the most economical option in...
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A cost-optimized analysis for a renewables investment schedule for South Korea shows that a more ambitious rollout of renewable...
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A Clean Energy Portfolio (CEP) is already more competitive than new combined-cycle gas plants (CCGTs) in Italy. Foot Off the Gas...
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Betting on new gas today means shouldering consumers with higher prices tomorrow as well as missing the net zero pathway the UK...
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2021 is a year of opportunity; one of resetting, reshaping and a chance to remove distortions that hinder an orderly energy...
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Carbon Tracker's Christmas Cracker had a makeover in 2020. This infographic originally went out in our December newsletter,...
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The Texas-based company Vistra recently announced that they will close six coal power plants and cut their coal generating...
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As part of a UK government-funded project to support the Philippines power sector stakeholders navigate the shifts, risks and...
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Click here to view Carbon Tracker's Annual Review 2019 In 2019 our objective was to accelerate the energy transition by...
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Although coal has long been viewed as the cheapest way to power the global economy, this is no longer the case. New renewable...
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The Earth's temperatures continue to rise causing catastrophic climate change. The risks of climate change are having major...
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The sudden economic downturn brought on by the Coronavirus threatens to cripple the finances of U.S state governments. The...
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South Korea needs to phase-out unabated gas by 2050 in a Paris-aligned scenario or potentially risk $60 billion in stranded...
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Building and operating coal power is becoming a political decision that increasingly conflicts with underlying economic...
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COVID-19 is crippling economies and creating turmoil in financial markets. This note gives our outlook for coal generation in...
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The piece originally was posted to the World Economic Forum website on March 18, 2020. The impact of China's previous...
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Coal developers risk wasting more than $600 billion because it is already cheaper to generate electricity from new renewables...
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According to Carbon Tracker analysis, Indonesia has 15 coal-fired plants (6.4 GW) aged 20 years and older. The decision to...
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The purpose of this note is to: Address RWE’s response to our recent report Apocoalypse Now, by acknowledging that, per...
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Coal power is losing its economic footing. As detailed in Figure 1, according to Carbon Tracker analysis, which is based on...
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In November, SSE confirmed that its remaining hard coal units at Fiddler’s Ferry power plant in the UK will close by 31...
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Iberdrola announced at the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) this week it will...
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The energy complex has EU coal generators in a chokehold. Are policymakers and investors prepared for what comes next? In this...
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Carbon Tracker's mission is to align investors strategies to climate change action. We recognise that there is...
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The economic viability of new and existing coal in Japan could be severely undermined by cheap renewables and, without policy...
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At Carbon Tracker - our research focus is the impact of climate change on financial markets. Our global coal report, Powering...
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Last week Carbon Tracker’s power & utilities team was in Manila to attend the launch of a UK government-funded project to...
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Climate Action 100+ power utility profiles for mainstream investors to align with Paris and manage energy transition...
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Recently Carbon Tracker’s power and utilities team travelled to Vietnam to market our latest analyst note, Here Comes the Sun...
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Vietnam’s low-cost renewables revolution and its implications for coal power investments Key findings: ...
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The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) has reported on its recommended targets for the UK to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions...
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Arriving into Katowice Poland, host city for COP24, you were immediately struck by the obvious conflict at the heart of the UN...
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In this report, we present the results from a revolutionary method pioneered by Carbon Tracker to use satellite imagery to...
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Market counts down to the MSR The EU carbon market has been the hottest commodity market in the world over the last 16...
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One year ago we posted here comes the sun – a blog which found the lowest solar bid of 2017 could be less than the cash cost of...
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Several financial institutions have recently announced they will stop funding new coal power projects, with HSBC being the...
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This study updates our report 2 Degrees of Separation, and for the first time quantifies risk of overinvestment under a 1.75ᵒC...
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Summary The operating costs of coal units are complex and depend on many variables. Coal units are complex, long-life...
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Our analysts Matt Gray and Laurence Watson respond to PPL's recent Climate Assessment Report. Summary Following a...
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Summary The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on 8 January that it would reject the Notice of Proposed...
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Summary: Xcel Energy’s 2017 Colorado filing shows the median bid price for wind plus storage was $21/MWh and for solar...
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If you read just one thing this year…… first, it’s December! What took you so long?......second, make it this. Much...
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In this report, we look at how a scenario for the EU28 that is compliant with limiting the rise in global warming to below 2°C...
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The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) announced on September 29 will grant coal and nuclear units operating in organised...
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Coal’s market share in the US power mix is being diminished at an unprecedented rate due to fierce competition from cheap gas...
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Cost reductions of India’s solar revolution should serve as a warning to coal investors This week solar PV prices in India...
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The 12 Days of Carbon Tracker Well…that was different. 2016 has been quite the year of change. A year of political events that...
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China is currently building more coal plants than it needs and in doing so is misallocating capital at an unprecedented...
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Carbon Tracker’s work on the energy transition has already demonstrated the value in challenging traditional energy model...
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In January 2016 the US Secretary of the Interior announced a moratorium on new coal leasing on public lands pending completion of...
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The recent shift in China’s economy has been one of dramatic speed and scale. The first decade of the 2000s saw China’s...
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Shelagh Whitley and Mark Fulton President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline last November signalled a landmark...
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Stranded Assets a Response: Myth or Reality? Late last year respected British economist Dieter Helm dismissed the concept of...
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The data is clear – the energy transition is underway, and the direction of travel is away from fossil fuels. But not everyone...
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There has been much discussion of fossil fuel subsidies as both an inefficient use of public tax dollars and a barrier to the...
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First appeared in BusinessGreen Global coal is on the ropes. Prices of thermal coal have collapsed as demand evaporates;...
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The market for thermal coal is in structural decline in the United States. Squeezed out by an abundance of cheap shale gas and...
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The 2015 Oil Spending Review is in Full Swing With oil prices collapsing to between $50/$60 a barrel (at the...
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This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can...
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Our research on coal consists of a package of detailed analyses of coal supply, demand and financial trends. The accompanying...
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This latest piece of research from Standard & Poors’ coal analysts in collaboration with CTI explores for the first time...
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Following on from Carbon Tracker’s Unburnable Carbon 2013 global analysis, we release this report in collaboration with The...
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This new research from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE calls...
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This new analysis from the Carbon Tracker Initiative finds that the current coal reserves earmarked for the South African market,...
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This is the original report which pioneered the concept of the 'Carbon Bubble'. This award-winning analysis by Carbon...
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