Obligatory state aid checks may slow down large-scale energy infrastructure projects foreseen as part of the EU's new strategic investment plan, a senior European Investment Bank (EIB) official has said.
Commonly known as the 'Juncker plan', the idea is to mobilise investments over the next years to the tune of €300-odd billion with the help of limited funding from the soon-to-be-established European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and increased involvement of the EIB by way of providing funding or risk…