The European Commission decided on Thursday 2 March to extend the scope of its ongoing in-depth investigation into Germany’s plans to compensate operators who decide to close their lignite-fired power plants early.
The in-depth investigation concerns an amendment to the agreement between Germany and RWE to accelerate the phase-out of lignite in the Rhenish lignite mining area.
In March 2021, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation into whether Germany’s plan to compensate RWE...