Manufacturing firms are appealing to ministers to match a European grant scheme that subsidised the cost of installing renewable energy. / Under the EU system companies were able to claim up to a third of the cost for installing solar panels, biomass boilers or double glazing.

Conservative MPs have urged the government to use its Brexit freedoms to ditch the EU’s cautious approach to making sure pesticides are safe for human consumption.

The European Union confirmed it has launched the bloc’s first ever challenge against the UK at the World Trade Organization over Britain’s green subsidy program.

A new EU directive is allowing member states to remove the charge for ‘supply and installation of solar panels’.

Brexit is undermining efforts to switch to renewable energy in the fight against climate change, a senior SNP government minister warned.

Brussels is concerned that British government is favouring domestic firms, in breach of trade deal.

Surveys of sites for offshore windfarms in Irish waters have been disrupted by a post-Brexit ruling by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) that flights cannot be undertaken from the UK

North Wales' tidal energy industry has received a £12.6m European Union boost.

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, a scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources in Lithuania. The measure, open to all types of renewable generation, will contribute to the EU environmental objectives without unduly distorting competition.

The UK has fallen in a ranking of the world's most attractive renewable energy markets for investors, with apprehensions around Brexit cited as a major reason for a year-on-year drop in investment.