UK home solar power faces cloudy outlook as subsidies are axed

Lower costs and battery technology offer hope - but industry says it needs support"I'm 87% self-powered today. Yesterday I was 100%," said Howard Richmond, using an app telling him how much of his London home's electricity consumption is from his solar panels and Tesla battery. The retired solicitor lives in one of the 840,000-plus homes in the UK with solar panels, and an even more exclusive club of up to 10,000 with battery storage. Continue reading...