Guangdong to start carbon trading

Guangdong will launch carbon trading

The Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission recently issued the "Guangdong Province Carbon Emission Allowance First Allocation and Work Plan (Trial)", which announced the quota for the first time, and the total quota for 2013-2014 was about 388 million tons (1 ton of quota is equal to 1 ton of carbon dioxide emissions). Complete the first batch of free quota distribution by December 10; In mid-December, the first batch of paid quotas was distributed. By the end of 2013, the online trading of carbon emission allowances will be launched. Among them, the first batch of industry enterprises included in the management of carbon emission allowances involved electric power, steel, petrochemicals, cement, a total of 242, and the quotas were partially free and partially paid. From 2013 to 2014, the proportion of paid quota was 3%, a total of 29 million tons, and the reserve price for the first release was planned to be 60 yuan / ton.