The British government is to make big changes to the way it subsidises renewable energy, the BBC has learned.
Ministers will announce that they will cut support for onshore wind and solar energy, but give more backing to offshore wind power.
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander described the shift in subsidy as "a rebalancing" and said overall spending would not change.
But Labour said "chopping and changing" pricing was bad for business.
The set prices for onshore wind power and solar energy will be cut from 2015, while those for offshore wind power will be increased.
The final figures will be announced in a written ministerial statement later.
UK wind energy statistics
• There are 4,175 onshore turbines, with a total capacity of 6,772 megawatts
• There are 1,075 offshore turbines, with a total capacity of 3,653 megawatts
• Combined, these produce 25,278,340 megawatt hours of energy
• This is enough to power 5,925,537 homes
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