EU FUNDING FOR DANISH WIND SECTOR REIGNITES DEBATE OVER GREEN ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY
July 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE DECISION by the European Commission to inject Euro EUR3.9 million in aid to help redundant workers from Denmark's wind turbine manufacturing sector has highlighted the debate over whether this most successful green energy system is viable economically.
This money is being drawn from the European Union's (EU) Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), which exists to support workers who lose their jobs as a result of changing global trade patterns. And here it will go towards providing job training and re-integration into work for 325 former workers ...
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