Small scale solar energy subsidies set to end

Subsidies for many new solar farms are to end under plans being published by the government. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is consulting on plans that would see subsidies for some new solar farms close by 2016.

UK solar farm subsidies to be cut

Subsidies paid to solar farms in the UK will come under review by ministers within weeks, Whitehall sources have told the Guardian.

Solar farms 'will not spread unrestricted across British countryside'

Solar farms must not spread unrestricted across the British countryside and become as controversial as onshore wind turbines, a minister warned on Friday. Instead, solar panels will be rolled out on millions of homes, businesses, schools and government buildings, said energy and climate change minister Greg Barker.

UK investors see bright future for solar power – if the nimbys can be won over

The late summer sun is shining on Britain's solar power sector with new investments worth almost £220m unveiled on Thursday by City-based groups.