Tory cuts to solar subsidies threaten community projects worth over £100m
by Adam Vaughan from on (#R0V8)
New report shows scores of local schemes will be cancelled if cuts go ahead, painting a gloomy picture for the future of community energy in the UK
Plans by local groups to install 127m worth of solar panels and other renewable power at village halls, community centres and sports clubs will be shelved if government cuts to subsidies go ahead.
Scores of community energy groups, of the sort that have raised cash to fit solar panels at a brewery in Sussex and a windfarm in Morecambe Bay, told a survey that they faced being badly hit by a proposed 87% cut in incentives for solar power.
