"At a time when everyone is worrying about energy prices and looking for a scapegoat, we need to know exactly how much taxpayers money different energy sources get,” says Thomas Becker,  EWEA’s chief executive.

He says "it is therefore alarming to read reports that EU Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger is attempting to hide such figures”.

Oettinger has been accused of attempting to conceal information on the full scale of the public subsidies enjoyed by fossil fuels.