Whilst I fully support reducing the use of non-renewable fuels, throwing money at the lucky few, taken from the pockets of every other consumers’ energy bills is unacceptable, as is the bellyaching from the industry. If the only way to make a business out of solar panels, is to receive a huge wedge of cash from hard pressed domestic energy consumers, then something is very wrong.

Apparently, the scheme is already 70% over budget, with only 620,000 households consuming the original £1billion, plus another £700m.