>ETS permits are sold by EU countries to companies that need them to cover their CO2 emissions. So far this year, the Polish government has auctioned off 105 million permits, which Marcin Kowalczyk, a climate policy expert at the Warsaw office of environmental NGO WWF, estimated raised 25 billion złoty for the state. The price of a pollution permit has soared this year, rising from about €33 a ton at the start of the year, briefly trading above €90 earlier this month, and is now about €73 a ton.
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>Poland’s heavy industry has a tougher time passing any increase in ETS costs to its customers, as companies face competition from rivals elsewhere in the EU.
So, yes, the Polish government is selling permits which provide income, but the problem is they don’t ***want*** to have to sell those expensive permits since it is damaging their heavy industry who can’t pass on costs.
I’m not going to take the bonus because I have some disagreements with the manager – said nobody ever.
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>ETS permits are sold by EU countries to companies that need them to cover their CO2 emissions. So far this year, the Polish government has auctioned off 105 million permits, which Marcin Kowalczyk, a climate policy expert at the Warsaw office of environmental NGO WWF, estimated raised 25 billion złoty for the state. The price of a pollution permit has soared this year, rising from about €33 a ton at the start of the year, briefly trading above €90 earlier this month, and is now about €73 a ton.
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>Poland’s heavy industry has a tougher time passing any increase in ETS costs to its customers, as companies face competition from rivals elsewhere in the EU.
So, yes, the Polish government is selling permits which provide income, but the problem is they don’t ***want*** to have to sell those expensive permits since it is damaging their heavy industry who can’t pass on costs.
I’m not going to take the bonus because I have some disagreements with the manager – said nobody ever.