GOVERNMENT cuts to solar energy subsidies will mean no more council houses in Barnsley will receive free solar panels - a blow to the flagship £10m Energise Barnsley project.
The scheme to fit electricity bill-slashing solar panels to council houses and public buildings was announced by Barnsley Council last year although it was at no cost to the council - or council tax payers.
More than 320 council properties in Barnsley already get free electricity through the free panels but no more properties will benefit.
Energise Barnsley will still fit panels to 91 public buildings which were pre-registered before the government’s cuts to the feed in tariff and will be in receipt of the payments at the old rate.
Read more in this weeks Barnsley Chronicle
