In October 2013, Oettinger altered an official report of the European Commission to hide the fact that conventional and nuclear energies are both more heavily subsidized than renewables.
He is convinced that renewables are too expensive and a burden for the economy.
To prove his point he had ordered a detailed listing in the Report on Subsidies and Costs of EU Energy 2013.
However, in short notice before the report being published, he had the numbers regarding nuclear energy (€35bn / a) and fossil fuels (€66bn / a) erased, as they showed that each is more heavily subsidized than renewables at €30bn / a. In the final and official report only the numbers for renewables are shown.
In October 2013, Oettinger altered an official report of the European Commission to hide the fact that conventional and nuclear energies are both more heavily subsidized than renewables. He is convinced that renewables are too expensive and a burden for the economy. To prove his point he had ordered a detailed listing in the Report on Subsidies and Costs of EU Energy 2013. However, in short notice before the report being published, he had the numbers regarding nuclear energy (€35bn / a) and fossil fuels (€66bn / a) erased, as they showed that each is more heavily subsidized than renewables at €30bn / a. In the final and official report only the numbers for renewables are shown.
Günther Oettinger