Collusion of Renewable Energy Firms in France

Corruption Type

Collusion

In 2003, French authorities fined three renewable energy companies for market sharing and bid rigging. The companies had met multiple times to agree on splitting up projects between them and coordinate their bids in public tenders, thus stifling competition and likely affecting the quality of the renewable energy projects.

Sources

https://www.u4.no/publications/anti-corruption-in-the-renewable-energy-sector#potential-forms-of-corruption-in-the-renewables-sector
https://www.lw.com/thoughtLeadership/energy-and-restrictive-practices-eu-case-law

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