RENEWABLE ENERGY FEATURE – GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, MARKET DEMAND CONTRAST
October 1st, 2005
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE CLEAR message from the first meeting of the Sustainable Energy Forum in Amsterdam last month (October) was that the higher the price of fossil fuels then the greater the need for national governments to support the introduction of renewable energy sources through subsidies, tax breaks, technical assistance and the like. Hardly a revolutionary thought, and none of those present - one person from each of the 25 European Union (EU) governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), power companies and renewable energy associations - publicly ...
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