European Commission uses state aid guidelines to push its EU energy vision

摘要

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) said the European Commission is proposing to phase out support for renewable technologies after 2020 in a move that pushes its narrow vision for EU energy policy and clouds the future of wind energy. According to recently published state aid guidelines, the Commission recommends removing support mechanisms for renewable technologies that are expected to become "grid competitive" between 2020 and 2030, without specifically defining what the term means, whereas the guidelines only apply to the period from 2014 to 2020.