LYNEMOUTH CONVERSION SUPPORTERS CONFIDENT PROJECT WILL SURVIVE EUROPEAN COMMISSION REVIEW
February 8th, 2015
The green energy sector is quietly confident that the European Commission will accept that the British government’s support for the conversion of Lynemouth Power Station from being coal to biomass-fired complies with European Union (EU) state aid law. This is despite the fact that the Commission has launched a detailed inquiry into the government’s FID [Final Investment Decision] Enabling Investment Contract for the work. There is also a broad consensus that the subsidy system will require some changes to satisfy Brussels’ competition directorate ...
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