Greg Barker

Industry to protest against accelerated subsidy reduction programme, as UK passes 1GW solar PV milestone

Solar industry questions ministerial assertion that sector will expand this year, after impact assessment predicts job cuts and market contraction

Everyone welcomes Greg Barker’s pledge to grow the solar industry, but with the small print promising to shrink the sector this year firms are divided on how to respond

Climate Change Minister insists industry will expand this year, as solar firms vent fury over changes that could see tariff drop to 12.9p this year

Ministers set out encouraging reforms to feed-in tariff scheme, but support for solar could still be cut by 35 per cent from July

Minister sets out goal of 22GW of solar capacity by 2020, but fears remain that sector will face further deep cuts to incentives

Greg Barker outlines plans to increase subsidies for the technology and explore other policy levers to improve take-up

Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen, Greg Barker sets out his vision for how the government's energy efficiency financing scheme can help slash UK greenhouse gas emissions

Friends of the Earth says government should immediately reveal how it plans to cut feed-in tariffs in case it fails to win appeal case

From the "Environmental Taliban" to the credit crunch, we run down the lessons from the first week of the year