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Chris Huhne is considering disposing of the current feed-in tariff system, which guarantees payments for a fixed period of time, in favour of a system where there is a limit on the amount of energy capacity that can be installed before the subsidy automatically falls, according to the Financial Times.

Chris Huhne is considering disposing of the current feed-in tariff system, which guarantees payments for a fixed period of time, in favour of a system where there is a limit on the amount of energy capacity that can be installed before the subsidy automatically falls, according to the Financial Times.

Ed Miliband, Leader of the Labour Party, and Caroline Flint, the Shadow Energy Secretary, have both expressed their concerns regarding the FiT review following a recent visit to Solarcentury. Ed Miliband has labelled the decision to slash back the incentives for people to produce their own green energy as the latest example of "short-sighted policies from a short term Tory-led Government".

At 11am this morning, bystanders on Westminster Bridge were witness to hundreds of UK solar supporters who lined up to campaign against Government’s decision to cut the feed-in tariff rates by more than 50 percent on December 12. In total, more than 500 solar activists grabbed their billboards and high-visibility…

Today solar industry players and environmental campaigners will take part in a mass lobby in Parliament and a protest on Westminster Bridge in objection to Government’s proposal to cut the FiT…

Following the success of its solar photovoltaic design and distribution business, the Waxman Group has launched a renewables arm that will specialise in the design, consultation and supply of biomass boilers and solar thermal systems. The move is part of the group’s plan to strategically position itself at the forefront of design and distribution of renewable energy technologies in the UK.

Here in the UK we’ve managed to install a total more than 100,000 individual solar installations in just 19 months. However, with drastic feed-in tariff cuts on the horizon and a Government that doesn’t seem to understand, is the UK solar industry destined to fail?

The Scottish solar industry is bracing itself for the loss of “thousands of jobs”, if the proposed 50 percent slash to the FiT rate proceeds. The industry has over 140 companies currently listed as suppliers of solar PV, estimated to be worth £50 million to the Scottish economy.

The Energy and Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, is today reminding pensioners and those on lower incomes to take advantage of the Warm Front grant scheme, in order to keep their homes warm this winter.

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, has urged the chancellor to “send the right signals to the market” by keeping the FiT rate at its current level…