Time for renewables to join the market: the new guidelines on state aid for environmental protection and energy

This Article examines the new Guidelines for State Aid for Energy and Environmental Projects in the EU. The Guidelines impose tighter scrutiny on the way the Member States fund such projects, attempting to alter the assumption that there is market failure in these sectors. However, nuclear energy is omitted from the Guidelines and cases such as the Hinckley Point project will continue to be reviewed on a case by case basis.