Tuesday, July 17, 2007

German 2008 Power Trades at 12-Week Low as Carbon-Emission Costs Decline

(Bloomberg) -- German electricity for delivery next
year fell to the lowest in more than 12 weeks as a reduction in
carbon-emission permit prices cut the cost of power generation at
plants that burn fossil fuels.

Next-year baseload power prices in Germany, Europe's biggest
electricity market, dropped as much as 0.2 percent to 54.60 euros
($75.30) a megawatt-hour, according to broker GFI Group Inc. The
contract was unchanged from yesterday at 54.70 euros a megawatt-
hour at 9:45 a.m. Berlin time. That's the lowest since April 24.
Baseload refers to electricity delivered around the clock.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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