That price, calculated by Bloomberg New ­Energy Finance, is much higher than most people will be expecting.

Guy Turner, director of commodity research at Bloom­berg, tells Recharge that until now, the EU Allow­ances — currently langui­shing at €12-13 — have been too ­depressed to spur investment in low-carbon technologies.

Government feed-in tariffs have been driving the ­renewables market. “By 2020 and beyond, if our calculations are correct, these prices could start to incentivise renewables in their own right,” Turner says.

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