World Bank Lends Belarus $90 Million For Wood Biomass Heating Projects

The World Bank has loaned US$90 million to the Republic of Belarus for converting municipal district heating stations from gas to biomass wood fuel.  The project involves the replacement of existing gas boilers by biomass boilers, provision of wood chipping equipment and biomass fuel storage facilities, installation of individual building-level heat substations with temperature control, and upgrading of district heating networks.

“Forest is one of Belarus’s richest natural resources. The full potential of wood biomass as alternative renewable energy resource has yet to be realized in Belarus,” stated Young Chul Kim, World Bank Country Manager for Belarus. “Using low-quality wood, now treated as industrial waste, for heat and power generation will also contribute to the development of the wood processing industry, and is consistent with the national overall strategy to encourage sustainable forest management. It also allows new jobs and business opportunities to be created in these sectors.”

Previously Belarus has relied on Russian gas to run its heating stations, and the Government of Belarus has a goal to replace this gas with local fuels, mainly biomass, by 32 percent in 2020. Further details and information are available on the World Bank's website at http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/03/31/world-bank-belarus-energy-sector.

Kind regards
Jon

Warsaw Market & Carbon Watch - Tuesday 8 April

Happy Tuesday from Kiev!  Here is the Ukrainian stock performance summary on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), based on the prior trading day's closing bell.  The WSE closed slightly down (-0.02%), compared to mostly bullish European markets (FTSE +0.43%, STOXX +0.15%, CAC +0.09%, DAX +0.05%, IBEX -0.14%) and U.S. markets (DOW +0.33%, S&P +0.63%, NASDAQ +0.57%).  Looking at Ukrainian listed equities on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, their index tracked the main Warsaw equities index, closing down (-0.86%) with gains in Coal Energy, Ovostar and KSG Agro unable to carry the day.  From a market depth standpoint, the highest trading volumes occurred in Kernel (168,888 shares) and Sadovaya (110,030 shares).

For specific results kindly see the table below, prices denoted in Polish currency (Zlotys).  Cheers – Jon

WSE WIG Index (total return index for Warsaw Stock Exchange listed companies): 44590.97 (-0.02%)

WSE WIG-Ukraine Index (total return index for Ukrainian listed companies):  615.44 (-0.86%) 

Ovostar Union NV (OVO PW):  95.00 (+1.60%)

Kernel Holding SA (KER PW):  58.85 (-0.68%)

Agroton Public Limited (AGT PW):  8.35 (-0.36%)

Astarta Holding NV (AST PW):  62.00 (-2.82%)

Industrial Milk Co (IMC PW):  14.00 (unch%)

KSG Agro SA (KSG PW):  12.98 (+1.49%)

Milkiland (MLK PW):  13.88 (unch%)

KDM Shipping Plc (KDM PW):  35.79 (-0.72%)

Coal Energy SA (CLE PW): 5.81 (+3.94%)

Sadovaya Group SA (SGR PW):  1.43 (-5.30%)

Westa Intl Scientific Group (WES PW):  0.64 (unch%)

Carbon Trading

The ICE daily CER continued to trade as a political option with notional pricing, adding 2 Eurocents from previous day.  It finished the day at 0.10 EURO (+25.00%).  ERUs are trading around 45% of this price.

Warsaw Market & Comment Watch - Thursday 28 March

Happy Thursday from Kiev!  Here is the Ukrainian stock performance summary on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), based on the prior trading day's closing bell.  The WSE closed up (+1.17%), compared to bearish European markets (FTSE -0.18%, STOXX -1.09%, CAC -0.99%, DAX -1.15%, IBEX -1.13%) and mixed U.S. markets (DOW -0.23%, S&P -0.06%, NASDAQ +0.12%).  Looking at Ukrainian listed equities on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, their index tracked the main Warsaw equities index, closing up (+1.72%) with gains in KSG Agro, Sadovaya, Kernel, Coal Energy, IMC, Astarta and KDM Shipping driving the movement.  From a market depth standpoint, the highest trading volumes occurred in Kernel (81,180 shares), Westa (79,191 shares), Agroton (52,937 shares), Sadovaya (52,712 shares) and Astarta (44,752 shares).

For specific results kindly see the table below, prices denoted in Polish currency (Zlotys).  Cheers – Jon

WSE WIG Index (total return index for Warsaw Stock Exchange listed companies): 45247.90 (+1.17%)

WSE WIG-Ukraine Index (total return index for Ukrainian listed companies):  614.79 (+1.72%) 

Ovostar Union NV (OVO PW):  95.05 (-2.01%)

Kernel Holding SA (KER PW):  58.20 (+3.01%)

Agroton Public Limited (AGT PW):  8.49 (-1.74%)

Astarta Holding NV (AST PW):  60.50 (+0.83%)

Industrial Milk Co (IMC PW):  15.00 (+2.04%)

KSG Agro SA (KSG PW):  13.17 (+7.95%)

Milkiland (MLK PW):  14.00 (unch%)

KDM Shipping Plc (KDM PW):  35.68 (+0.79%)

Coal Energy SA (CLE PW): 6.33 (+2.10%)

Sadovaya Group SA (SGR PW):  1.59 (+4.61%)

Westa Intl Scientific Group (WES PW):  0.68 (-2.86%)

Carbon Trading

The ICE daily CER continued to trade as a political option with notional pricing, losing 5 Eurocents after losing another 1 Eurocent the previous day.  It finished the day at 0.09 EURO (-35.71%).  ERUs are trading around 50% of this price.