Press Releases
2 December 2011
Climex auctioned 41.121 GS VERs for PostNL
PostNL an international mail delivery services company bought 41.121 Gold
Standard VERs in a Climex auction yesterday.
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7 November 2011
Announcement of 6th Austrian EUA Auction on 28 November 2011
26 October 2011
Announcement of Purchase Auction GS VERs
Market not ready to pay premium for Green CERs
After an extensive and well executed marketing campaign by Climex, the results of the Auction tell us that, today, quality and optionality for phase III are not being priced by buyers.
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14 September 2011
Bunge Emissions Group to sell 152,585 CERs via the Climex Auction Platform
Climex will facilitate a sales auction for Bunge Emissions Group to sell 152,585 CERs on October 5th, 2011. The CERs are from a 'Landfill Gas to Energy' project in the Philippines, are issued and available for immediate delivery.
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15 June 2011
Rabobank purchased successfully 170,000 VERs at Climex Auction on June 15, 2011
The auction was very well attended by 12 VER sellers who offered 29 projects and placed over 40 offers during the auction hour. The winner sold 170,000 VERs which fully comply with the VCS standard and specific criteria set and communicated by the auctioneer Rabobank.
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17 May 2011
Climex to host a VER auction on June 15, 2011
Buyer to purchase 170.000 VERs via a Climex auction
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11 April 2011
Climex' 5th Austrian Auction closed at EUR 16.41
On 11 April 2011 the Austrian Government auctioned 200,000 EUAs through Climex.
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14 March 2011
Climex; 5th Austrian EUA auction to take place on 11 April 2011
On 11 April 2011 the Austrian Government is auctioning 300,000 EUAs through Climex.
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1 March 2011
Climex; Climex and APX to stop spot trading and clearing services
Climex and APX discontinue their spot trade and clearing services.
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16 February 2011
Climex; 27,000 VERs sold at €1.44
The requested 27,000 VCUs from renewable energy projects contained VERs from 2 projects.
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13 January 2010
Climex change of Management
Jeroen van de Kletersteeg will be appointed as Managing Director of Climex. He will replace Sascha Bloemhoff who has decided to leave the company and will hand over in the coming two months.
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18 November 2010
Climex’ Dutch Auction closed at €14.83
Today Climex executed an EU Allowances (EUA) Auction for the Dutch Government. The full available volume of 2 million EUAs was allocated at the cut-off price of €14.83
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8 November 2010
Climex’ 4th Austrian Auction closed at € 14.30’
In accordance with the Decree issued by the Austrian Government in January 2009, the 4th Austrian Auction took place today offering 200,000 EUAs in a Competitive Auction. The 200,000 EUAs were sold at a price of €14.30 per tonne in 21 transactions. In the auction 52 bids were placed with a total volume of 1,312,500 EUAs. Bidders ranged from compliance buyers and utilities to banks and brokers.
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27 October 2010
Climex' Dutch Auction closed at €14.90’
Today Climex executed an EU Allowances (EUA) Auction for the Dutch Government. The full available volume of 2 million EUAs was allocated at the cut-off price of €14.90.
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18 October 2010
Dutch Allocation Auction rescheduled on 27 October’
After the unfortunate cancellation of the Dutch Allocation Auction on 14 October, the auction has been rescheduled for Wednesday 27 October 2010. This will replace the first of two consecutive auctions, each with 2 million EU Allowances (EUAs) for the Dutch Ministries of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) and Economic Affairs, followed by a second auction on 18 November 2010. In the same time period Climex will also organise another auction for the Austrian Government on 8 November. All auctions start at 10.00 AM CET.
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9 September 2010
220,000 VCUs Successfully Transacted at Climex Auction at € 2.20’
This afternoon 220,000 VCUs (Voluntary Carbon Units) were transacted at a price of € 2.20 in a ’reversed’ auction on the Climex Auction Platform.
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25 August 2010
Dutch Allocation Auctions will be held on 14 October and 18 November’
The Dutch Ministries of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) and Economic Affairs intend to auction 4 million EUAs on Climex in two consecutive auctions, which are scheduled for 14 October and 18 November 2010. In the same time period Climex will also organise another auction for the Austrian Government on 8 November. All auctions start at 10.00 AM CET.
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28 July 2010
Sascha Bloemhoff new Director Climex’
As of 1 July 2010 Sascha Bloemhoff will be the new Managing Director of Climex. Ms. Bloemhoff takes over the position of Axel Posthumus who was the founder of Climex in 2003 and has been in charge since.
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27 July 2010
Buyer seeking 180,000 VERs in Purchase Auction’
Climex found a Buyer who is looking to buy at least 180,000 issued Verified Emission Reduction credits (VERs) and if the price is interesting enough, the purchase volume can rise up to around 220,000 VERs.
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19 July 2010
Climex/APX-ENDEX win Dutch Auction Tender’
The Dutch Ministries of Housing, Spatial planning and the Environment (VROM) and Economic Affairs (EZ) issued a tender to auction 4 million Emission Allowances over two auctions. Today it was confirmed that the Dutch environmental exchange Climex and its clearer APX-ENDEX have won the tender and are selected to execute these auctions.
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3 June 2010
‘ Climex’ Renewable VCUs Successfully Transacted at Climex Auction at € 0.85 ’
This afternoon 40,000 VCUs (Voluntary Carbon Units) were transacted at a price of € 0.85 in a ’reversed’ auction on the Climex Auction Platform.
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27 May 2010
‘ Climex’ APX-ENDEX in discussion to become a shareholder in Climex’
Again, Current Climex shareholders TenneT and Rabobank have reached an agreement that TenneT’s shares in Climex may be moved to gas and power exchange APX-ENDEX and APX-ENDEX becoming a shareholder in Climex.
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12 April 2010
‘ Climex’ Buyer is seeking 40,000 VERs in ‘Reversed VER Auction’
Again, Climex will be organising a purchase auction for VERs. Buyer will be the Dutch branch of one of the “big 4” accountancy firms, who contracted Climex to purchase their VERs at auction. The VERs are acquired for internal offsetting purposes.
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23 March 2010
‘ Climex’ 3rd Austrian Auction closed at € 12.78, no interest in non competitive auction’
In accordance with the Decree issued by the Austrian Government in January 2009, the 3rd Austrian Auction took place today offering 300,000 EUAs in a Competitive, as well as a Non-Competitive Auction.
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25 February 2010
‘ 26,000 VERs sold at €3.50 ’
For the second year Wagenplan, a Dutch car lease company, contracted Climex to purchase their VERs by auction.
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1 February 2010
‘Buyer is seeking 26,000 VERs in ‘Reversed VER Auction’
For the second year Wagenplan, a Dutch car lease company, contracted Climex to purchase their VERs by auction.
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25 January 2010
‘Third Austrian EUA Auction 23 March 2010’
On 23 March, the Austrian Government intends to hold its third EUA auction for 300,000 EUAs, within the EU ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme), on the Climex Platform.
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6 January 2010
‘Climex Data Now available on Bloomberg’
As of the start of the New Year the Climex continuous trade data is available on Bloomberg. Subscribers to the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service can see prices and volumes of EUAs, CERs and ERUs on the Climex Spot Platform.
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24 November 2009
‘Another Auction in GS VER Auction Series ’
Climex will be organising an auction to bring affordable Gold Standard VERs to the market - again -.
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6 November 2009
‘First Gold Standard Auction initiated by Buyer closed at € 7’
Climex is executing both sales and purchase auctions regularly, but yesterday was the first time a purchase auction for solely Gold Standard VERs was executed.
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3 November 2009
‘VERs Successfully Transacted in “Reversed” Purchase Auction on Climex’
This afternoon, Climex executed the largest “reversed” purchase auction to date.
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20 October 2009
‘Another Purchase Auction on Climex for up to 220,000 VERs’
Last Thursday Climex announced a Purchase Auction on 5 November for a Buyer seeking to purchase 13,800 Gold Standard VERs.
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15 October 2009
‘First Purchase Auction for Gold Standard VERs on Climex’
TNT is looking to buy 13,800 issued Gold Standard VERs for customer related offsetting purposes through a Reversed Auction on Climex.
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13 October 2009
‘Climex’ 2nd Austrian Again Successful’
The full available volume of 200,000 EUAs was sold in today's Competitive Auction, at a price of €14.23.
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30 September 2009
‘First ever Exchange Traded ERU Transaction on Climex’
Today at 16:22 hours, Emission Reduction Units (ERUs) were traded on Climex in the first ever cleared spot transaction.
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29 September 2009
‘Buyer Seeking Option on 180,000 VERs through Purchase Auction on Climex’
Once again, Climex is the first to launch a new auction concept, a call option on VERs.
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24 September 2009
‘GS VERs successfully transacted for € 8.00 at Climex Auction’
During the first Gold Standard VER auction, which is part of a sequence on the Climex Auction Platform, Gold Standard VERs were sold at a price of € 8.00.
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11 September 2009
‘Rabobank bought VERs at € 1.50 and 1.80 in Purchase Auction on Climex’
Yesterday Climex executed the largest purchase auction to date.
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3 September 2009
‘Climex Re-opens Member Registrations.’
As of 1 September Climex has re-opened its membership registration after reviewing and amending its accession criteria.
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11 August 2009
‘Climex to Auction GS VERs in Special Set Up’
Again Climex is introducing a completely new auction approach, this time to bring affordable Gold Standard VERs within reach of ‘smaller’ buyers through a very accessible set up, with a first online auction scheduled for 24 September 2009.
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15 July 2009
‘Climex applies Reversed Charge Mechanism Dutch Government ’
Dutch State Secretary of Finance de Jager announced yesterday that as of today, 15 July 2009, the VAT taxation on allowances in the Netherlands will move from the seller of allowances to the buyer, the so called ‘Reversed Charge Mechanism’. .
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14 July 2009
‘Buyer seeking 40,000 VERs in Purchase Auction on Climex’
Rabobank Nederland is looking to buy 40,000 issued VERs for internal offsetting purposes through a Reversed Auction on Climex.
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07 May 2009
Buyer transacted at €2.78 and 2.89 in 1st ever ‘Reversed VER Auction’ on Climex
Today Climex executed its first auction initiated by a buyer of VERs.
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27 April 2009
Climex Auctions Primary CDM Waste Heat Recovery Project
Pursuant to the successful auction 26 March, Climex will organise a similar auction on 25 May, this time auctioning a primary CDM Waste Heat Recovery Project from China.
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21 April 2009
Buyer is seeking 24,000 VERs in 1st ever ‘Reversed VER Auction’
Once again, it is Climex who launches a new auction concept, this time for VERs.
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26 March 2009
Primary CDM Project Auctioned on Climex at Discount of € 1.98
A total of approximately 350,000 pCERs from a Chinese Wind Farm Project were on offer at auction on the Climex Auction Platform which took place between 10.00 and 11.00 CET today.
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16 March 2009
Climex’ Austrian Auction more than 8 Times Overbid
The full available volume of 200,000 EUAs was sold in today's Competitive Auction, at a price of €11.65. In the Non-Competitive Auction 5,050 of the available 100,000 EUAs were transacted.
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17 February 2009
Climex Auctions Primary CDM Wind Project
Climex is starting a completely new and revolutionary auction concept. On 26 March, around 350,000 CERs from a primary CDM Wind Project from China will be auctioned.
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9 February 2009
First Austrian EUA Auction at 16 March 2009
The Austrian Government will have its first EU ETS Phase II Auction on Climex, on 16 March 2009.
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6 February 2009
35,541 VCS VERs to be auctioned on Climex
A total of 35,541 VERs with the VCS 2007 Standard from an Energy Savings Project in New Zealand will be on offer in a VER Auction on the Climex Exchange. These VERs stem from 1 January until 30 June 2007
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22 January 2009
Preparing industry for the first Austrian EUA auction: Auctioning-Workshop in Vienna 9 February 2009
The Austrian Government intends to hold its first Phase II of the EU ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) auction in March 2009 on Climex
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1 December 2008
Climex volumes soar after allocations
Last week almost 1.3 million EUAs (1,286,400) were traded and 50,000 CERs changed hands on the Climex Spot Platform.
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19 November 2008
Climex welcomes 110th member
Environmental Exchange Climex today welcomes its 110th member (Susquehanna Ireland Ltd.).
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13 November 2008
First ever VER Auction of 40,761 VER+s to be Settled through a Registry
A total of 40,761 Pre-CDM VERs with approved VER+ Standard from an Energy Efficiency project in India will be on offer in a VER Auction on the Climex exchange.These VERs stem from 2006 to 2008 vintages and are verified by TÜV SÜD. ecolutions GmbH & Co. KGaA will represent the Seller during the auction, which is scheduled for 27 November 2008.
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10 September 2008
Climex VER Auction of 23,728 VCS Social Carbon VERs
A total of 23,728 VERs from a fuel switching project in Brazil will be on offer in a VER Auction on the Climex Exchange. The auction is scheduled for 25 September 2008.
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14 August 2008
Climex welcomes 100th member
Environmental Exchange Climex today welcomed the 100th member (Mitsui & Co Energy Risk Management Ltd) and number 101 (ecosur) was also registered today.
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18 July 2008
50,778 VERs sold in Climex Auction
During the fourth VER auction on the Climex Auction Platform yesterday all VERs on offer were sold on a forward basis.
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20 June 2008
Climex VER Auction of 45,000 pre-CDM VERs
50,778 VERs sold in Climex Auction. During the fourth VER auction on the Climex Auction Platform yesterday all VERs on offer were sold on a forward basis.
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20 June 2008
Climex VER Auction of 45,000 pre-CDM VERs
A total of around 45,000 VERs from two small Hydro Projects in China will be on offer in a VER Auction on the Climex Exchange. The auction is scheduled for 17 July 2008.
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14 May 2008
17,000 VERs sold in Climex Auction
Yesterday,the third VER auction took place on the Climex Auction Platform. 37,764 pre-CDM VCS II VERs from a Chinese Wind project from 2006/2007 were on offer. 17,000 VERs were sold for prices ranging between € 4.75 to 5 in three transactions. The auction started with a minimum price of € 4.50.
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7 May 2008
Gold Standard’s First Exchange-Traded Carbon Transaction Completed on Climex
Climex, an environmental commodities and energy contracting exchange, today announced the first Gold Standard exchange-traded carbon offset transaction was completed on its Voluntary Platform.
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14 April 2008
Climex VER Auction of 37,764 pre-CDM VCS II VERs
A total of 37,764 VERs from a Wind Farm Project in China will be on offer in a VER Auction on the Climex Exchange. The auction is scheduled for 14 May 2008.
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29 February 2008
First Cleared EUA Second Phase Spot Transaction on Climex
On Friday 29 February 2008, the first European Allowances (EUA) for the second Phase were traded in a cleared spot transaction on Climex.
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14 February 2008
Former Climex Alliance Members merge to create Climex
The former Climex Alliance partners New Values & euets.com and the European Energy Auction merge to create “Climex”. Climex provides continuous Spot Trading in EUAs and CERs for the entire market with APX Group as Central counterparty, auctioning of all carbon products (EUAs, CERs, ERUs and VERs) and Energy contracting and auctioning for Electricity, Gas and Guaranties of Origin/ Renewable Energy Certificates.
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18 January 2008
First Cleared CER Spot Transaction on Climex exchange
On Thursday 17 January 2008, the first Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) were traded in a cleared spot transaction on the Climex exchange.
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19 October 2007
27,150 VERs sold in Climex Auction
The first European VER auction was held yesterday on the Climex Auction Platform, operated by New Values. 340,601 VERs generated in vintages ranging from 1999 to 2006 and from three projects, were on offer and 27,150 VERs from 2 projects were sold. The sellers chose not to disclose the price.
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12 September 2007
First New Values VER auction of 350,000 VERs on Climex Auction Platform
A total of approximately 350,000 VERs will be on offer in what will be the first VER auction on the Climex Exchange. The auction is scheduled for 18 October 2007.
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10 September 2007
All 552,000 EU Allowances sold in Lithuanian auction
Today, Vertis Environmental Finance and New Values announce the successful execution of the Lithuanian auction of EU Allowances. A total of 552,000 EU Allowances (EUAs) were on offer in an electronic auction coordinated by Vertis Environmental Finance on the Climex Exchange. A total volume of 552,000 EUAs was transacted at a price of € 0.06 per tonne.
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Climex to host a VER auction on June 15, 2011
Buyer to purchase 170.000 VERs via a Climex auction
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