Brussels, 11/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - Speaking in Brussels on Friday 11 October, the chief executives of ten major European energy groups called for an end to public subsidies to some renewable energies (such as wind power) and urged that funding be provided for gas-fired power plants that are needed, they claim, to meet the surges in consumption particularly during the winter.
“We have to stop subsidising mature renewable energies, such as wind and solar”, said the chief executive of...