Mayor of London and Conservative MP Boris Johnson has criticised his own party and accused the Treasury of endangering community renewables projects by cutting tax relief measures.
Energy secretary Amber Rudd has dismissed the threat posed by subsidy cuts to the UK’s background of solar skills and insisted the industry has a “bright future”.
Solar has once again been voted the UK’s most favoured source of renewable energy, according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s opinion tracker.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has refused to comment publicly on claims energy secretary Amber Rudd misled parliament over progress towards climate change targets.
It remains unclear whether or not London maoyr Boris Johnson lobbied the government over proposed cuts to the feed-in tariff after a London Assembly deadline for him to do so expired.
New research conducted by Imperial College London (ICL) has revealed that consumers in the UK will miss out on cheaper electricity because of government cuts to clean energy subsidies.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is standing by its forecast for solar capacity out to 2020/21, showing minimal growth for the sector over the next five years.
