Abatement and Allocation in the Pilot Phase of the EU ETS

Anderson, Barry; Maria, Corrado Di

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“…Several other analyses came to similar results: For the first trading period [29] found high relative over-allocation in new member states, while at the contrary, underallocation mostly occurred in Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK. The allocation based on historical …”

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Impacts of the Allocation Mechanism Under the Third Phase of the European Emission Trading Scheme

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This paper focuses on the following two key research questions in the context of the change in allocation rules in the move from Phase I/II (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) to Phase III (2013-2020 of the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS): First, how do allocations compare with actual installation-verified emissions in Phase III? For that purpose we analyse changes in sector-country allocations and verified emissions between Phase II and Phase III. The analysis is based on a selection of 2150 installations present in all phases of the EU ETS, taken from the European Union Transaction Log (EUTL) The results show that over-allocation has been considerably reduced in Phase III. Overall, allocation for the selected sectors decreased by 20% in 2013 compared to 2008 but varying across installations. Second, we investigate, whether the introduction of benchmarks in Phase III may have triggered carbon-reducing measures for industrial processes. For that purpose, we analyse for four product groups (cement clinker, pig iron, ammonia and nitric acid) the specific emissions (per tonne of product). Care was taken to define a data set with a similar delimitation of emission and production data. The findings were cross-checked through selected expert interviews. Our findings indicate that there is no evidence so far for improving specific emissions, though the strong improvement for nitric acid, as well as some improvement linked to ammonia occurring before the start of Phase III may have been supported by the introduction of Phase III.

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“…Different kinds of allocation mechanisms are described in the literature. The three most common are: 1) Grandfathering: this uses historical data on emissions as a basis for the future allocation of emission allowances [13,16,28].…”

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“…In addition to sectoral and branch allocations the respective NAPs also determine allocations at the plant level. Every member state NAP has to be confirmed by the European Commission [2,10,11,16].…”

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“…In the first and second trading period of the EU, ETS emission allowances were distributed based on the grandfathering mechanism and subsequently on country-specific, independently determined NAPs [2,4,16,29]. In drawing up the initial NAP each country used the historical CO 2 emission data for the installations covered by the EU ETS as a basis for calculation.…”

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Allocation of Emission Allowances within the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme to the Waste Sector

Braschel¹,

Posch²,

Pusterhofer³

2013

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The present study develops an approach explicitly to cover the waste sector under the Emissions Trading Scheme of the European Union (EU ETS). The objective is to analyze various allocation possibilities and the resulting monetary burdens for the waste sector. Three different allocation variants for allocating emission allowances and their financial burden to the waste sector are developed. These variants support implementation within the EU ETS in the third trading period from 2013 to 2020. The respective distributions of emission allowances to the Austrian waste sector are estimated for each variant calculated. Allowances vary depending on specific industry, the relative share of free and purchased allowances, and the relative costs entailed in additional purchase. Although the present paper focuses explicitly on the Austrian waste sector, in principle, the calculation procedure is applicable to waste sectors in other developed countries as well.

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“…This decentralised approach, together with the free allocation, helped to gain acceptance among MS and participating sectors and enabled a smooth implementation (Skjaerseth & Wettestad, 2009). Some national authorities were overly generous in handing out free EUAs to domestic industries (Andersson & Di Maria, 2011). When this became evident in 2006, it caused a major EUA price drop that was further enhanced by the prohibition against transferring surplus allowances between the two periods (Convery & Redmond, 2007).…”

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Free allocation in the 3rd EU ETS period: assessing two manufacturing sectors

Stenqvist

Åhman

2014

Climate Policy

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Free allocation in hte 3rd EU ETS period: assessing two manufacturing sectorsStenqvist, Christian; Åhman, Max Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Stenqvist, C., & Åhman, M. (2016). Free allocation in hte 3rd EU ETS period: assessing two manufacturing sectors. Climate Policy, 16(2), 125-144. DOI: 10.1080125-144. DOI: 10. /14693062.2014 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. 1Free allocation in the 3 rd EU ETS period: assessing two manufacturing sectors AbstractThis paper provides an analysis of the EU ETS harmonised benchmark-based allocation procedures by comparing two energy-intensive sectors with activities in three Member States (MS); the cement industry (CEI) and the pulp and paper industry (PPI) in UK, Sweden and France. Results show that the new procedures are better suited for the homogenous CEI, for which allocation is to decrease in a consistent manner. For the heterogeneous PPI -with diverse product portfolios, technical infrastructure and fuel-mixes -the allocation procedures cause dispersed outcomes. The lack of product benchmark curves, biased reference values on fuel-mix and specific energy use as well as other issues, leads to allocations that do not represent the average performance of the 10% most GHG efficient installations. Another issue with the 3 rd phase allocation procedure is that grandfathering is still present via the historically based production volumes. How to deal with structural change and provisions regarding capacity reductions and partial cessation is an issue, which is highly relevant for the PPI but less so for the CEI. In manufacturing sectors such as cement industry (CEI) and pulp and paper industry (PPI), the new banchmark-based allocation procedures have managed to reduce the EU-wide free allocation in the 3 rd period compared with the 2 nd period. For the homogenous CEI the outcome of stricter allocation is consistent between Member States. However, free allocation based on grandfathering of prerecession activity levels and CO2 performances is likely to create long positions in coming years. Our results disclose differing outcomes between sectors and Member States, with cases of conspicuous supply of allowances in the heterogeneous PPI. Lack of product benchmark curves, biased reference values on fuel-mix and...

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Abatement and Allocation in the Pilot Phase of the EU ETS

Cited by 178 publications

References 41 publications

Impacts of the Allocation Mechanism Under the Third Phase of the European Emission Trading Scheme

Impacts of the Allocation Mechanism Under the Third Phase of the European Emission Trading Scheme

Allocation of Emission Allowances within the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme to the Waste Sector

Free allocation in the 3rd EU ETS period: assessing two manufacturing sectors

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