Subsidies

Energy agency warns that global fossil fuel subsidies could hit $660bn by 2020 based on current trends

Rule allowing extended solar farms to receive higher level of incentives despite August cuts will be revoked next month

Government puts back Renewables Obligation Certificate reforms, leaving investors unable to commit to green projects

Study claims incentives have generated £65m surplus for the Treasury at a cost of just £2 on consumer energy bills

Wood companies and green campaigners say subsidies to power companies threaten jobs and rainforests

Falling prices of photovoltaics means full cost parity with conventional power sources should be achieved by 2020, says industry body

Prime minister's last act before resigning ensures utilities will pay a set rate to green energy producers from July 2012

Who said what in the world of green business this week?

Company says two proposed 299MW plants in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire will not go ahead without greater support for biomass

But consultation will give developers until October to extend existing solar farms