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Allowances for emitting a tonne of CO₂ have tripled in price, reaching nearly 16 euros on the European Energy Exchange on Friday, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung writes. The rise follows trading being at around 5 euros a year ago. Rolf Schmitz, head of utility RWE, draws the conclusion that higher prices for CO₂ allowances would reduce emissions from fossil power plants automatically so that a 鈥渟ymbolic end date鈥� for coal wasn鈥檛 going to be necessary, author Andreas Mihm reports. J枚rn Higgen, trade expert at energy company Uniper, attributes the increase to recent reforms to the EU ETS, including a forthcoming deletion of excess certificates on the market. 鈥淚n anticipation of this shortage, market participants have apparently begun to acquire carbon credits,鈥� he said.

For background, read the factsheet Understanding the European Union鈥檚 Emissions Trading System.