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Photovoltaic panels pay off for those who get feed-in tariffs but home installations have dried up without incentives

Government also wants to encourage people with rooftop panels to install batteriesBritain’s biggest energy companies will have to buy renewable energy from their own customers under new laws to be introduced this week.Homeowners...

Feed-in tariff subsidies must not be abandoned, writes Sandra Walmsley, while Gaynor Adey says the UK government should look again at the Swansea Bay tidal projectNicholas Stern suggests that strong political will is needed...

Those who sign up to the pilot scheme will be bound to buy the energy it generates for 20 years

Developers of an offshore windfarm planned in the Forth estuary have taken legal action after vital subsidies were withdrawn

Fall in solar power was expected after ministers announced 65% cut to feed-in tariff, but size of drop-off will still dismay green campaigners

Solar thermal schemes, that use the sun to heat water, will lose support from next year - the latest in a series of energy policy U-turns that advsiors say could increase energy bills

Bertrand Piccard, the mastermind of a solar-powered attempt to circumnavigate the globe draws fire after backing government decision to cut solar panel subsidies by 65%

Senior Labour peers confirm party will seek to strike out clause again if government closes Renewable Obligation scheme

The Tory party’s cuts to clean energy subsidies won’t save consumers more than a few pounds a year – but will cost the industry, and the climate, dearly

Thinktank criticises subsidy cuts for clean renewable energy while state aids profits for ‘dirtiest form of energy generation available’

In August, the government announced plans to cut subsidies for rooftop solar by almost 90% in the new year. We asked 20 people affected to share their response to the cuts with us

Proposed cuts will halt solar panel schemes on up to 45,000 UK social homes, that could save households £200 a year on energy bills, say renewable energy firms

Householders are rushing to take advantage of generous Fits before they are cut in January – and you can tooAround 655,000 homes – less than 3% of the UK’s housing stock – have solar panels, but if government plans...

Mayor of London warns that thousands of jobs are being put at risk, in letter sent to the energy minister on final day of government consultations on the proposals