THE CHEKING PROCESS – “Ultra subsidized” or on the contrary “profitable”? The debate rages between anti and pro wind turbines. What is it really ?
Some make fun of them because they cost too much, others claim that they save money for the state. With the energy crisis that Europe is going through, and the electricity crisis that France is undergoing, the already antagonistic discourses on energy are difficult to follow. The debate is all the fiercer as parliament is currently considering a law to accelerate the development of wind and solar power.
“Whether wind turbines or photovoltaic panels, these are energies that are ultra-subsidized, which are very expensive for public finances“, attacks the deputy RN Edwige Diaz. The renewablesdon’t cost, they bring“, retorts Michel Giora, general delegate of France Energie éolienne (FEE), the professional federation of the sector. Who is telling the truth?
Between 2003 and 2021, renewable energies cost the State and therefore taxpayers 43 billion euros, in the form of subsidies and public support. France, like other developed countries…
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