Brussels, 26/11/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 25 November, the European Commission authorised the application of the German law (EEG 2014) on renewable energies to be applied to the railway sector.
According to the European institution, the state aid under the German regime is limited to compensation for railway companies (which consume more than 2 GW of electricity a year) for the opportunity costs related to using a greener mode of transport. In this way, the aid pursues objectives of...