Move to cut subsidies for large-scale installations is condemned by green activists and renewable power companies
The government is to make drastic changes to its financial support for solar energy farms, in a move condemned by green activists and renewable power companies as likely to reduce the UK’s ability to generate low-carbon power and green jobs, and to increase dependency on imports of fossil fuels.
It is the second major blow to renewable energy within a month, following the announcement that the Conservatives want to axe subsidies to new onshore windfarms if they win the next election.