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Who gets big subsidies? Not renewables / Fereidoon Sioshansi. EU Energy Policy Blog, 5/01/2013http://www.energypolicyblog.com/2014/01/05/who-gets-big-subsidies-not-renewables/Renewables often get blamed for getting big subsidies. As reported in the Dec 2013 issue of this newsletter, Europe’s biggest 10 utilities recently called for an end to all renewable subsidies. Those who dislike subsidies on fiscal or ideological reasons must be reminded of two facts that are not widely known: Virtually all forms of energy extraction and production receive some form of subsidy, tax break or other incentives; and the biggest culprits are not renewables but fossil fuels...