Teyssen, speaking at the Eurelectric annual conference in London, said that ten years ago renewables were still in an immature state and needed to be nurtured. However, he claims this is no longer the case and to continue giving them special treatment is wrong.

Teyssen argues that Europe should move ahead and scrap all green levies used to support renewables. “Today they are the biggest animal in the zoo and if you continue to treat them as imbeciles and feed them baby nutrition you will just get a sick big cat,” he claimed.

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