Brussels, 16/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - A cost-effective energy transition can only be achieved if subsidies for non-renewable energies are reduced, said Paul Van Son, President of DII (initially DESERTEC), the consortium for solar energy in the Mediterranean and Africa region. Speaking at a round table at the University of Adrar (Algeria) on the initiative of bodies in the solar sector, he said the subsidies for non-renewable energies amounted to “$400 billion annually worldwide, half of...