The Treasury today published a list of final“strike prices” for generating electricity from renewables in its nationalinfrastructure plan, cutting support for onshore wind farms and solar parks,while raising them for wind projects out at sea.

Prime Minister David Cameron has faced stiff oppositionfrom Conservative members of parliament and rural communities to wind farms andsolar parks.

In addition he is under pressure from thegrowing political support for the UK Independence Party, which is stronglyopposed to renewables.

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