French body blames renewables for EU power market failures

The General Commission for Strategy and Forecasting (Commissariat général à la stratégie et à la prospective - CGSP), a French advisory body to the prime minister, published a report on the 28 January 2014 stating that Europe's electricity system was not living up to its promises and blaming renewable energy subsidies for this failure.

General Commission for Strategy and Forecasting, Report: The crisis of the European Electricity System: Diagnosis and possible ways forward http://www.strategie.gouv.fr/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/CGSP_Report_European_Electricity_System_28012014.pdf

ESO: Background information: Germany to cut energy rebates for industry, renewable subsidies http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-to-cut-energy-rebates-for-industry-renewable-subsidies/

ESO: Background information: EU Commission: Guidance for state intervention in electricity http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-commission-guidance-for-state-intervention-in-electricity/

ESO: Background information: Energy CEOs call for end to renewable subsidies http://www.europeansources.info/record/energy-ceos-call-for-end-to-renewable-subsidies/

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