Solar panels

Government plans to cut subsidies for solar panels have been ruled legally flawed by the High Court.

Government plans to cut financial incentives for solar electricity have created "huge economic uncertainty" and are "manifestly unlawful", the High Court was told today.

The Government is facing two threats of legal action over its plans to halve the subsidies paid for domestic solar electricity.

Solar panel gains will plummet for people who install from 12 December, under government plans announced today.

Solar panel gains could be slashed for people who install after 8 December, according to a document accidentally leaked by the Energy Saving Trust (EST).

Consumers who can't get mainstream gas and electricity are not getting ripped-off by energy suppliers, new findings from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) show.

The Energy Saving Trust has cut its estimate of how much money the average household will save on its electricity bills by installing solar panels to £70 a year from £120, shrinking free solar panels' gains.

Energy tariffs that pay you for generating electricity will stay in place until 2013 unless there's unexpectedly high take-up, George Osborne announced in yesterday's spending review.