"Highly subsidised nuclear power from this plant will noticeably distort European competitiveness. It will have an effect on prices at the power exchange in Germany as well," says Sönke Tangermann, managing director of Greenpeace Energy.
"This effect will have economic disadvantages for committed green power providers like us, and that's why we are going to court."
As soon as the EC's state aid approval is published in the EU's official journal and the prescribed period for bringing an action begins, the IPP will file a plea for annulment at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
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