Henry Kronk
Recent Posts
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
Project REDD+ Struggles Amid Quality Push: Future of Voluntary Carbon Credits
Nearly two years after a major reckoning of forest conservation projects within the voluntary carbon market, REDD+ developers have managed...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
Quality Carves Up the Afforestation/Reforestation Market
Buyers’ evasion of reputation risk in recent years has divided the market for afforestation, reforestation and revegetation carbon credits into...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
ARR Issuances Continue to Fall and Show No Immediate Signs of Bouncing Back
While demand is high for credits of certain types of afforestation, reforestation and revegetation (ARR) projects, issuances have declined steadily...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
Voluntary Carbon Market Faces Messy Integration with Article 6 of Paris Agreement
In an ideal world, both the voluntary carbon market and the signatories of the Paris Agreement would pull together toward...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
High Costs, Geopolitical Risks Impede Blue Carbon Removal Projects
Demand for voluntary blue carbon credits from companies seeking to fulfill net zero pledges has surged in recent years, but...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities, Renewables
Voluntary Carbon Markets Stakeholders Play Hot Potato With Market Risk
With the integrity of carbon offsetting under fire, buyers are looking to lock down the forward delivery of high-quality credits...
Carbon, Environmental Commodities
In Opaque REDD+ Markets, Identical Credits Can Fetch Diverse Prices
Buyers and sellers of voluntary carbon credits have, in recent months, begun to value offsets issued from the same projects...
Renewables
Renewable Energy Certificates Supply Constraints Showing Some Signs of Easing
Many of the conditions that limited the supply of renewable energy certificates in 2023 could begin to ease in 2024,...
Renewables
Historic Highs for PJM REC Prices Driven by Soaring Demand and Slow Queues
A tangle of factors pushed prices for renewable energy certificates serving the PJM Interconnection to historic highs in Q2 of...
Carbon
REDD+ Project Hedges Against Drought and Weakening Carbon Markets
Despite criticisms of REDD+ projects and a decline in related carbon credit prices this year, offsets issued by the Kasigau...
