Isra-Mart srl:German Power Gains to 4-Month High on Rising Coal; Carbon Drops

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German electricity for delivery in 2012 rose to a four-month high after coal prices soared. European Union carbon permits slid.

Baseload power for 2012 rose 80 cents, or 1.5 percent, to 54 euros ($69.89) a megawatt-hour at 6 p.m. Berlin time, its highest close since Aug. 30, according to broker data compiled by Bloomberg. Baseload is delivered around the clock.

Power for 2012 in Europe’s biggest market rose for a third week, tracking hard coal, which climbed last week to the highest price in two years after flooding in Queensland, Australia, cut supplies of the world’s most commonly used fuel for power stations.

Hard coal advanced 0.9 percent to $120.80 a metric ton today. The fuel accounted for 18 percent of Germany’s power generation in 2009 and traded as high as $122.50 on Dec. 30. The country also gets electricity from lignite, or brown coal, nuclear, wind and solar plants.

EU allowances for December 2011 fell 0.5 percent to 14.62 euros a metric ton on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange.