On Tuesday 9 August, the European Commission approved French plans to support combined heat and power plants running on natural gas.
Depending on the size of the plant, the public aid will take the form of a feed-in premium on top of the market price or feed-in tariff. The Commission takes the view that the aid scheme will foster the market integration of electricity produced by combined heat and power plants, in line with its 2014 guidelines on state aid for the protection of the...