Weatherwatch: a bumper year for solar power, thanks to sunny spring and lockdowns
Photovoltaic panels pay off for those who get feed-in tariffs but home installations have dried up without incentives
June 2019
New rules give households right to sell solar power back to energy firms
Government also wants to encourage people with rooftop panels to install batteries
October 2018
The need to invest in renewables
Letters: 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 project
August 2017
Should homeowners warm to EDF Energy’s free solar panel system?
Those who sign up to the pilot scheme will be bound to buy the energy it generates for 20 years
November 2016
EU targets energy waste and coal subsidies in new climate package
UK climate targets at risk without government support for windfarms, says energy boss
May 2016
London borough installs 6,000 solar panels over marketplace
Subsidy U-turn clouds future of major Scottish windfarm
April 2016
UK solar power installations plummet after government cuts
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
March 2016
Solar thermal panels latest to be hit by UK subsidy cuts
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
January 2016
Solar Impulse pilot defends UK subsidy cuts
Tories face fight with Lords over onshore windfarm subsidies
December 2015
Damian Carrington's blog
UK cuts to renewable energy make a mockery of its pledge at Paris climate talks
Heavily polluting 'diesel farms' to make millions from subsidies, IPPR warns
November 2015
'Please think again': readers respond to solar energy cuts
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
Thousands of social tenants will lose out if solar subsidies cuts go ahead
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
The sun is setting on solar, but there’s still time to scoop the feed-in tariffs
Householders are rushing to take advantage of generous Fits before they are cut in January – and you can too
October 2015
Boris Johnson calls for halt to planned solar aid cuts
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
Revealed: Many more solar firms face closure if government cuts go ahead
Total of 25 businesses said they will either fold or have to cut staff, putting over 350 jobs at risk as a result of cuts to feed-in tariff and renewables obligation
What you can do to help stop the cuts threatening the UK solar industry
With less than one week to go before the government consultation on major cuts to solar subsidies closes, now is the time to have your say
