NETHERLANDS GETS GREEN LIGHT TO SPEND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUBSIDIES

BY ALAN OSBORN

The European Commission has authorised the Netherlands government to provide an extra Euro 2.144 million in state aid for a revised long-term programme to stimulate production of renewable energy and combined heat and power. The new programme is a modification and extension of the MEP project, approved in 2003, which has so far paid out some Euro 8.259 million in subsidies.

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