The alliance, comprising ten green power suppliers and municipal utilities, is gearing up to file a plea for annulment at the European Union Court of Justice in Luxembourg, in response to the European Commission's decision to subsidize the 3.2 GW Hinkley nuclear power station to the tune of GBP 92.50/MWh (around €120/MWh) for 35 years. It will be represented by Dörte Fouquet, from law firm Becker Büttner Held. While Germany's Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy believes the chances of success are "low," Fouquet says the EC applied "an incorrect evaluation benchmark because these British subsidies are an unlawful State Aid and not an investment aid. Moreover … there is no general failure of the energy market which could justify these proposed subsidies." According to calculations made on behalf of Greenpeace, the Hinkley Point C feed-in tariffs will amount to €108.6 ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...