Subsidies for new household solar panels to end next year
by Adam Vaughan Energy correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3V6KK)
Renewable energy installations will no longer benefit from feed-in tariff, ministers confirm
The renewables industry and green groups have accused ministers of striking a major blow against household solar power after the government said a green energy subsidy scheme would end next year without a replacement.
The closure of the feed-in tariff (FIT) to new applicants from next April marks the final chapter for the scheme, which has encouraged more than 800,000 households to install solar panels since it was launched in 2010.
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