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Homeowners could save around £500 from the government’s drive for solar power on rooftops.

• Updated: 30 June 2025

Motorists could benefit from cheaper charging costs and more transparent prices at the pump.

• Updated: 7 May 2025

Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme

• Overview

  The Green Deal helps you make energy-saving improvements to your home and…

• Improvements and benefits to your home

  Any household with an electricity meter (including prepayment meters) in…

• Get an assessment

  You must get your property assessed to use the Green Deal. Contact a Green…

• Getting the work done

  How you decide to get the work done will affect your options for how you…

• How to pay

  You can pay in advance, get a Green Deal finance plan, or use other…

• Moving into a property with a Green Deal

  If you move into a property with a Green Deal, the landlord or seller must…

New homeowners stand to benefit from rooftop solar and cheaper bills, with the Future Homes Standard being published this Autumn.

• Updated: 6 June 2025

A guide to help international organizations working in humanitarian settings make more informed decisions about how to adopt solar energy

• Updated: 9 October 2020

How to make your home greener and reduce your energy bills: upgrade your boiler, insulate your loft, draught-proof windows and doors, find out about energy grants.

Guidance to help local councils in developing policies for renewable and low carbon energy and identifies the planning considerations.

• Updated: 14 August 2023

• Updated: 6 December 2022

• Updated: 30 June 2025

First 11 schools across England have installed solar panels backed by Great British Energy, saving a total of £175,000 per year.

• Updated: 3 June 2025