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Czech farmers on Wednesday will be taking part in a planned protest against the government’s decision to slash tax refunds on biofuel. The move by the government – part of broad austerity measures – is expected to leave agricultural producers in difficult spot: some 1.5 billion crowns lighter. The protest will see hundreds of farmers roll out their tractors on roads across the country, with the

Government's draft energy bill will replace current subsidies with complex new support system that may favour larger suppliersA dash for gas, a major fillip for nuclear power and blows to renewable energy – these are widely expected to be the contents of the government's much-anticipated draft energy bill, the main contents of which will be outlined by ministers in the afternoon

The renewable energy players never met a subsidy they didn't like—unless it was going to someone else. The business model of the wind, solar and ethanol crowd is built around mandated purchases and subsidies. Does that sound like a sustainable business ...

It was another rough week for China's once booming solar manufacturers, who are already reeling from overcapacity and major subsidy drawbacks in the European market.

Solar Trade Association predicts next round of feed-in tariff cuts will be delayed by one monthSpeculation is mounting that the government will impose the next round of cuts to the subsidy for solar electricity on 1 August, after it last week missed a legal deadline to make the changes on 1 July.The Solar Trade Association (STA) has today written to its members advising them to prepare for the next round of cuts to the feed-in tariff in the first week of August, as many installers were confused by the government's failure to clarify its plans

The Solar Trade Association (STA) has today written to its members advising them to prepare for the next round of cuts to the feed-in tariff in the first week of August, as many installers were confused by the government's failure to clarify its plans.

HARTFORD — Dmitri Donskoy figures he’ll save only $20 a month on his electricity bill after solar panels are installed on the roof of his home under a state-subsidized program. But he shrugs it off because the green energy appeals to his environmental concerns.

The European Commission plans to phase out solar and wind-power subsidies as soon as possible, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing a strategy paper Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger will present next month in Brussels.

Donskoy, a software developer in Prospect, said he was motivated to go solar after Connecticut officials killed a wind turbine proposed for the town last year. "It was partly sparked by my annoyance of the cancellation of the windmill project," he said ...

Connecticut ratepayers are subsidizing a state solar power initiative that has spent $2.5 million to install rooftop solar panels for 209 homes. At least one solar energy company has set up shop in Connecticut to scout for business.

Solar has also been promoted with a feed-in tariff about EUR 30 c/kWh, but the take-up was so high that the government had to renege on its subsidy commitments in 2010 after investments had been made, almost halving those for large plants.

HARTFORD (AP) -- Dmitri Donskoy figures he'll save only $20 a month on his electricity bill after solar panels are installed on the roof of his home under a state-subsidized program. But he shrugs it off because the green energy appeals to his environmental concerns.

HARTFORD — Dmitri Donskoy figures he'll save only $20 a month on his electricity bill after solar panels are installed on the roof of his home under a state-subsidized program. But he shrugs it off because the green energy appeals to his environmental concerns.

Connecticut, like Maine, is one of 13 states to offer solar subsidies. Solar energy is seen as one way to save in Connecticut, where residential electricity costs were the third highest in the United States in 2010.