Triple Point Technology®, the leading global provider of multi-market commodity and enterprise risk management software solutions, announced today Commodity XL for Emissions™. Commodity XL for Emissions enables organizations to track, manage, analyze, comply and report against all regulatory schemes around the world including the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EUETS), National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS), US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and California Climate Action Registry (CCAR).

“Many analysts forecast emissions to become the most widely traded derivative product in the next 20 years, surpassing even T-Bills with the market growing to over US$3 trillion,” said Michael Schwartz, chief marketing officer, Triple Point. “Emissions management is a corporate governance and compliance issue for our customers but it also offers a potentially large trading opportunity when handled with a sophisticated, multi-commodity platform such as Commodity XL.”

Commodity XL for Emissions is the only solution that handles the full scope of emissions trading and management across all regulatory schemes on a multi-commodity platform. It is the most sophisticated and flexible system available that supports organizational corporate governance strategies in the quickly evolving emissions market. Commodity XL for Emissions tracks position by installation, business line, company, country or any other hierarchical level enabling identification of any shortfalls or surpluses in compliance position. This ensures timely and accurate reporting to regulatory bodies. Commodity XL for Emissions provides what-if scenario analysis to optimize abatement strategies, fuel switching alternatives and trading programs.

For more information: Triple Point

Japan plans to offer loans to power producers in the U.S. and Australia that buy so-called clean coal generators from Japanese manufacturers, according to a government document obtained by Bloomberg News.

Funding from state-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation would help drive sales of the plants that cost about $3.1 billion apiece, said a senior trade ministry official involved in producing the 113-page draft plan, due to be released today. The ministry said in an e-mail it will brief the media on a report about clean coal at 4:30 p.m. in Tokyo.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. compete with General Electric Co. and Germany’s Siemens AG to supply plants that convert coal into gas before generating power, making it easier to trap carbon-dioxide emissions. Japan wants to benefit from new demand for clean energy after world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to back technologies that reduce gases blamed for global warming.

“The government’s marketing campaign will be a big plus for Mitsubishi Heavy in the competition to capture the market for ‘green technology,’” said Futoshi Usui, a Tokyo-based analyst at Credit Suisse, who rates the stock “outperform”.

Excerpt from Obama proposal issued June 17, 2009

“To contain systemic risks, the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA) and the securities laws
should be amended to require clearing of all standardized OTC derivatives through
regulated central counterparties (CCPs). To make these measures effective, regulators
will need to require that CCPs impose robust margin requirements as well as other
necessary risk controls and that customized OTC derivatives are not used solely as a
means to avoid using a CCP. For example, if an OTC derivative is accepted for clearing
by one or more fully regulated CCPs, it should create a presumption that it is a
standardized contract and thus required to be cleared.”

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