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Ministers will be able to pay up to 50 percent of the electricity bills for firms in 'energy intensive' industries under new EU state aid rules (Photo: European Parliament)

Capitals can subsidise industry energy bills under new EU state aid rules

by Benjamin Fox, Nairobi,

EU governments will have sweeping powers to subsidise green energy projects under new state aid rules announced on Wednesday (25 June). 

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ministers will be able to pay up to 50 percent of the electricity bills for firms in 'energy intensive' industries under new EU state aid rules (Photo: European Parliament)

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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