GREEN ENERGY SUBSIDIES REINFORCED BY KEY ECJ RULING ON CROSS-BORDER POWER TRADES
July 5th, 2014
Green energy support schemes across the European Union (EU) have survived a tough and potentially damaging legal challenge at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which has ruled such subsidies are legal - even if they skewer cross-border electricity sales.EU member states have agreed to increase their energy production from renewable sources. But they tend to introduce support schemes and subsidies that apply only to installations that are in their territory. As some spend more on green energy than others the differences in the subsidies system between the ...
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