英国政府削减能源和气候变化司预算

英国政府政府已经从能源和气候变化部预算中削减了8.5亿英镑的预算，2010~2011年，作为英国政府各部门第一波削减60亿英镑预算的组成部分因此，低碳建筑方案（LCBP）的资金，其中包括以前建立太阳能设施的资金已被删除。据光伏技术公司的姊妹网站， solarpowerportal.co.uk的LCBP已成功地掌握了微型光电通过技术，自从该计划开始于2006年开始以来，已经能提供约20,000费用补助的资金和安装费。

The new UK coalition government has cut £85 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) budget as part of a first wave of £6 billion of cuts across departments for 2010/2011. As a result, funding of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP), which included the previously establish funding for solar installations has been dropped. As yet no changes to the recently introduced UK FiT system have been announced.

According to PV-Tech’s sister website, solarpowerportal.co.uk, the LCBP had been successful in driving the adoption of microgeneration technology, including PV, having  providing approximately 20,000 grants for the capital and installation costs since the scheme started in 2006.

Applications worth £63 million for payment in 2010-11 were said to be unaffected by the cuts.