Renewable energy is cheaper than coal, nuclear

[Human No More]

It depends on the country. Here, the subsidy is zero for coal compared to £1.7bn/year for wind, which is still incapable of competing on price. Extrapolating any country to the world is inaccurate with the best of intentions and outright dishonest in most cases (would anyone ever compare the availability of energy in France to any other country with the possible exception of China?).

One of the main offsets of wind cost is the feed-in tariff: An additional cost of around 5p/kWh levied by the energy company to meet the mandated prices they must pay for wind energy, which is higher than profitable companies charge for other sources. This is typically excluded as a subsidy, but is nonetheless a hidden cost on the consumer, ironically requiring the presence of government schemes to help people on low incomes with energy bills that would otherwise not be necessary, further raising taxes, while the only beneficiaries are a few landowners, construction companies and importers.