Solar panels

Households with solar panels will be paid for excess electricity exported to the grid - but but it won't come in before April when the current scheme ends

8 January 2019

The Government has announced that it will end payments for any solar panels which are installed from April next year

19 December 2018

Some energy efficiency firms use high pressure sales tactics and carry out poor installations, says the OFT

10 January 2013

The Supreme Court has refused the Government permission to appeal against a ruling its solar subsidy cuts were unfair

23 March 2012

The Government has proposed an even greater slashing of solar panel subsidies, as it confirmed the first cut will happen from next month

9 February 2012

Homeowners who install solar panels before 3 March will get higher payments, after a Government appeal was rejected

25 January 2012

Charity Friends of the Earth explains why it's such a critic of government plans to cut solar benefits at short notice

20 January 2012

The Department for Energy and Climate Change will lodge an appeal tomorrow, which is the deadline to do so

3 January 2012