Just another day in the Commons - where we merrily destroy the PV sector with spin

clock •

Howard Johns of the Cut Don't Kill campaign takes the microscope to this week's debate on solar feed-in tariffs

Anyone working in the solar industry will have been appalled, dismayed and almost certainly angered to watch the debate on their future and the feed in tariff that took place in the House of Commons this...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Solar

Government blocks Botley West solar farm over 'substantial harm' to landscape

Government blocks Botley West solar farm over 'substantial harm' to landscape

Permission for giant Oxfordshire solar project refused, after Ministers conclude negative impacts on nature and local heritage would outweigh clean power gains

Stuart Stone
clock 11 November 2026 • 6 min read
'A year-round investment': Solar panels offering savings on winter energy bills, study finds

'A year-round investment': Solar panels offering savings on winter energy bills, study finds

Data from Good Energy challenges 'misconception' solar panels only offer savings during the summer with evidence almost a third of generation takes place in winter months

clock 05 November 2026 • 3 min read
'UK's largest' cathedral solar panel project to launch in Winchester

'UK's largest' cathedral solar panel project to launch in Winchester

Loganair backs installation of 243 solar panels across Cathedral estate through its GreenSkies Community Fund

Stuart Stone
clock 02 November 2026 • 3 min read