The UK's approach to encouraging renewable energy has come under attack from Germany, one of the world's leaders.

Germany currently produces 15% of its electricity from renewable sources, compared to the UK's 4%. It has done this by instituting a "feed-in-tariff" (FIT) whereby generators of renewable electricity get paid above-market rates for power they feed into the grid. The UK has a "renewables obligation" system, meaning companies have to generate a given proportion of their electricity from green sources. ... Read full article