Carbon floor price plans need more credibility, say investors

Bringing in a carbon floor price could inadvertently damage investor confidence in clean energy projects unless the government can unequivocally guarantee the new minimum price will be enforced.

That is the stark conclusion of a new report from investment management firm Climate Change Capital (CCC), which predicts investors will not give sufficient credence to the tax-based mechanism currently proposed by the government as a means of setting a carbon floor price.

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Carbon floor price plans need more credibility, say investors

Bringing in a carbon floor price could inadvertently damage investor confidence in clean energy projects unless the government can unequivocally guarantee the new minimum price will be enforced.