France Raises Renewables Subsidy as Shortfall Spirals Upwards

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French Environment and Energy Minister Segolene Royal said a subsidy paid by consumers for renewable power will be increased starting next year even as a shortfall in financing development widens.

The increase will be “capped,” Royal said in a statement yesterday. French law allows for an annual increase of 3 euros ($3.84) a megawatt-hour.