In a working document on the draft regulation on the electricity market, seven countries (France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Ireland and Poland) suggest that the most polluting power stations could be subsidised for an indeterminate transition period.
“It is shameful to see France, Italy and the UK backing of Poland's desperate efforts to secure subsidies for their coal plants through capacity mechanisms”, said Joanna Flisowska of the NGO Climate Action Network (CAN)...