“Harder times for kolstöd in the EU”

“Consumers will find it easier to switch energy companies and be able to compare prices and of the member states the possibility to subsidize coal-fired power stations to be tightened up a bit.”

“It is some of the parts in the settlement of a number of proposals in the field of energy which has now been reached between the EU parliament and the EU member states.”

“this Settlement means that consumers from the year 2026 to be able to switch energy supplier within a day. From 2025 it will be at the same time forbidden to subsidize power plants that emit more than 550 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour – something that, in practice, prohibits aid to the coal-fired power plants.”

“the environmental Organization Greenpeace is still critical and think that the parties ought to have gone further.”