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Hit a record low today after the European Parliament rejected an emergency plan to shore up the EU 's flagging carbon market .
Lawmakers voted 334 to 315 , with more than 60 abstentions , to reject a proposal to postpone the auction of 900 million allowances under the EU emissions trading scheme from 2013-2015 to 2019-2020 . The measure aims to balance supply and demand and reduce price volatility.
European climate change commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the plan would now be sent back to parliament's environment committee for further consideration .
dropped after vote 2.63 euros ( $ 3.44 ) per person , Reuters reported , with the price recovering slightly to 2.93 euros ( $ 3.83 ) by 1049 GMT . The news agency said electricity prices in Germany fell 3% to 39.60 euros ( $ 51.77 ) per megawatt hour.
As the world's largest carbon market , the EU emissions trading Telegram Number Data system has been plagued by falling prices for carbon permits for years . In the 2012 ETS , the estimated price of carbon fell by 49% , to € 5.82 ( $ 7.61 ) per ton in 2011 , compared with € 11.45 ( $ 14.97 ) per ton in 2011 . ETS 's carbon price has fallen by nearly 90% over the past five years .
ETS provides and sells carbon credits to factories and power plants to offset their emissions. This year, some countries, including Germany and Greece , began auctioning more than 40% of their quotas rather than giving them away for free , according to Bloomberg.
Analysts warn that carbon prices in Europe will drift closer to zero unless policymakers act , either by reallocating emissions or through some form of long- term structural change.
As of April 1 , UK carbon-emitting companies are paying significantly more for energy than their European counterparts under the UK's new carbon pricing floor . The emissions tax, established by the British government in 2011 , will start at 16 pounds ( $ 24.30 ) per ton of carbon emissions this year and will rise to 30 pounds ( $ 45.63 ) by 2020.
Gledhill , sustainability and climate change partner at PwC , warned that the UK's high carbon price floor poses a threat to the competitiveness of UK companies , particularly in energy-intensive sectors industry.
Earlier this month , Gledhill said that unless the EU raised carbon prices, the UK's significantly higher carbon price floor would cause "carbon leakage" and force large energy users to leave the country.
Lawmakers voted 334 to 315 , with more than 60 abstentions , to reject a proposal to postpone the auction of 900 million allowances under the EU emissions trading scheme from 2013-2015 to 2019-2020 . The measure aims to balance supply and demand and reduce price volatility.
European climate change commissioner Connie Hedegaard said the plan would now be sent back to parliament's environment committee for further consideration .
dropped after vote 2.63 euros ( $ 3.44 ) per person , Reuters reported , with the price recovering slightly to 2.93 euros ( $ 3.83 ) by 1049 GMT . The news agency said electricity prices in Germany fell 3% to 39.60 euros ( $ 51.77 ) per megawatt hour.
As the world's largest carbon market , the EU emissions trading Telegram Number Data system has been plagued by falling prices for carbon permits for years . In the 2012 ETS , the estimated price of carbon fell by 49% , to € 5.82 ( $ 7.61 ) per ton in 2011 , compared with € 11.45 ( $ 14.97 ) per ton in 2011 . ETS 's carbon price has fallen by nearly 90% over the past five years .
ETS provides and sells carbon credits to factories and power plants to offset their emissions. This year, some countries, including Germany and Greece , began auctioning more than 40% of their quotas rather than giving them away for free , according to Bloomberg.
Analysts warn that carbon prices in Europe will drift closer to zero unless policymakers act , either by reallocating emissions or through some form of long- term structural change.
As of April 1 , UK carbon-emitting companies are paying significantly more for energy than their European counterparts under the UK's new carbon pricing floor . The emissions tax, established by the British government in 2011 , will start at 16 pounds ( $ 24.30 ) per ton of carbon emissions this year and will rise to 30 pounds ( $ 45.63 ) by 2020.
Gledhill , sustainability and climate change partner at PwC , warned that the UK's high carbon price floor poses a threat to the competitiveness of UK companies , particularly in energy-intensive sectors industry.
Earlier this month , Gledhill said that unless the EU raised carbon prices, the UK's significantly higher carbon price floor would cause "carbon leakage" and force large energy users to leave the country.