New jobs and entire industry sectors are expected to blossom with Dublin-based Cosain launching Ireland’s first Carbon Trading Platform by linking with Carbon Trade Exchange, the world’s first online platform for businesses to trade carbon credits. “Irish business and the Irish people who offset their carbon costs and trade locally generated carbon credits, will help the economy … Read more
Ideagen is an ideas generation workshop programme which is being promoted by Enterprise Ireland nationally. The focus of Tuesday’s workshop at Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick is on carbon emissions and what is happening now they are capped, trading commenced and prices set. The workshop brings together the financial services research community, entrepreneurs and … Read more
The Carbon Windfall Levy, introduced in the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Act 2010, has been signed into law. The levy will apply to electricity generators and recover a substantial portion of the unearned carbon windfall gains that they currently receive through the Single Electricity Market. Under the Kyoto Carbon Trading provisions, electricity generators … Read more