On Friday 29 September, the European Commission approved four aid regimes to support the development of electricity from onshore wind and solar plants.
The schemes aim to allow France to produce more than an additional 7 GW in electricity from renewable sources. The support regime for onshore wind power, which has been budgeted at €188 million a year (€3.8 billion over 20 years), will take the form of a premium on top of the market price granted to operators of medium-sized or large...