Subsidies

Dr Gordon Edge asks how can we know if the government has overspent its clean energy subsidy budget if it won't show its workings?

"How will the government be able to maintain rhetoric on meaningful climate change commitments at December's Paris conference, while hitting our green economy at home?"

Department of Energy and Climate Change launches consultations on ending Renewables Obligation support for all solar farms and announces feed-in tariff shake-up

Secretary of State indicates onshore wind farms will not be able to access support contracts, as DECC confirms reviews of energy efficiency and renewable heat programmes are under way

Just two per cent of the UK's clean energy budget could deliver a subsidy-free solar industry, argues the Solar Trade Association's Leonie Greene, so why is the industry copping the blame for current overspends?

Government sources indicate big changes to renewables subsidies are on the cards in a bid to 'cut emissions as cost-effectively' as possible

Long-awaited Competition and Markets Authority report says how government allocates subsidies is contributing to businesses paying £500m extra on energy bills

The non-nuclear country claims subsidies granted to proposed nuclear plant are not 'in the general interest of all EU countries'

Liberal Democrat environment spokeswoman urges the government to step up action on tackling climate change

At the launch of a University of Cambridge report, the heir to the throne echoed calls for a circular economy and the removal of subsidies for fossil fuels