Amber Rudd , the UK Energy and Climate Change Minister , defends the Government 's recent decision to introduce the feed - in tariff ( FiT ) scheme , which is likely to significantly exceed the £ 7.6bn limit that was originally set by 2020 due to the popularity of the incentive . Such a review would have taken place with any new government, even if there was no limit on how much we were spending overall on subsidies. Rudd explains that it is the Government 's priority to move to a low carbon economy for the UK 's long - term economic and environmental prosperity , however , given the cost of many renewable technologies have fallen , the Government has to make appropriate cuts to subsidy levels , which form part of the country 's agreement with the EU to review the level of FiT subsidies every three years .
Amber Rudd , the UK Energy and Climate Change Minister , defends the Government 's recent decision to introduce the feed - in tariff ( FiT ) scheme , which is likely to significantly exceed the £ 7.6bn limit that was originally set by 2020 due to the popularity of the incentive . Rudd explains that it is the Government 's priority to move to a low carbon economy for the UK 's long - term economic and environmental prosperity , however , given the cost of many renewable technologies have fallen , the Government has to make appropriate cuts to subsidy levels , which form part of the country 's agreement with the EU to review the level of FiT subsidies every three years .