RENEWABLES STILL NEED PUBLIC BACKING FOR RESEARCH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND MARKET ADAPTION: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
June 1st, 2012
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
BY backing a binding 2030 European Union (EU) target for renewable energy sources (RES), the EU's energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger did not signal much faith in the ability of renewables to become competitive in the next 20 years.
The German was not happy with national RES public support schemes in some EU countries either, but he steered clear from pointing fingers. Instead, he suggested contrasting national subsidy methods could sometimes be counterproductive: "The different types of support schemes from member states for ...
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