Tim Maxian Rusche is a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Previously, he worked in the European Commission's directorate general for energy and transport, first as case handler assessing the compatibility of state aid with the internal market and then as coordinator for relations with the European Parliament and the Council. He has published extensively on European environmental law and European competition law.
'There is no shortage of publications on legal questions concerning the promotion of renewable energy in the internal electricity market. However [this book] stands out from the crowd. This is, first, due to the approach and eloquence of the author. The presentation convinces because of its linguistic conciseness and the ability of the author to put positions and developments into the bigger picture ... the second part, in which the author ... discusses the compatibility of national support schemes with the internal market, captivates thanks to the meticulous and competent analysis of the case law of the European Court of Justice. Even in the chapter on the compatibility of national support with State aid law, where one thought that everything had already been written, Rusche succeeds in creating added value for the academic debate by creating a system of case groups ... A true pleasure to read and a source of new insights ...' Kathrin Dingemann, translated from Europaische Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsrecht 'This book is compulsory reading for everyone who wishes to venture out beyond the debate on the actual state with regard to the highly topical subject 'energy revolution' and the associated competitive aspects, and who is looking for new, and at the same time realistic, food for thought as concerns the future support for renewable electricity from a political, legal and economic perspective.' Carolin Klein, European State Aid Law Quarterly