UK Energy Companies Terrified of Reform’s Threat to Cancel Green Subsidies

The possibility climate skeptic Nigel Farage could become Prime Minister is sending shockwaves through the British green energy community.

Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’

Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest

Jillian Ambrose and Matthew WeaverThu 17 Jul 2025 19.22 AEST

Britain’s green energy industry has accused the Reform UK party of undermining the national interest by threatening to strip public subsidies for wind and solar projects if it comes to power.

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Richard Tice, the deputy leader of the party founded by Nigel Farage, added that developers seeking a subsidy contract in the upcoming auction would “do so at your own risk” because the party would “seek to strike down all contracts” if it gained power.

“The political consensus that has sheltered your industry for nearly two decades is fracturing,” Tice said....