Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Poland: ‘Green energy’s collapse’ | Presseurop.eu: European news, cartoons and press reviews



The proportion of Poland’s energy that comes from renewable sources has fallen since 2012 while people who invested in the industry, many of whom took out huge loans, “are in trouble,” writes Rzeczpospolita.

The reason for this fall is the slump in the carbon credit trading market, which during the last year has seen a 40 per cent fall in prices in these green certificates given to firms investing in renewable energy and which can be traded with other energy companies as part of the CO2 reduction scheme.

See full Article: http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/4014161-green-energy-s-collapse