Britain is set to grant hundreds of millions of pounds in subsidies to highly polluting diesel generators as a way to help solve the energy supply crunch facing the country over the next 15 years. If all of those registered are successful in their bids — which analysts believe is likely — it could cost the taxpayer £436m, provide enough energy to power more than 1m homes and emit several million tonnes of CO2 a year. The subsidies on offer are so appealing that even solar-power developers are building diesel generation on their sites as a way of maximising their returns. --Kiran Stacey, Financial Times, 4 November 2015
