Other artists putting their names forward in support include Mercury winners Klaxons and lauded indie-poppers Bloc Party, no strangers to environmental campaigning or the pages of Global Cool. Long time readers may remember we did a feature on the solar-pannelled recording studio at The Premises in East London many moons ago. The Premises is a state of the art practice studio also, with a swish cafe attached, which sees everyone from the Arctic Monkeys to Jamie Cullum through the doors on a weekly basis. Lily, daughter of rebel-rouser Keith, has spent much time working at the busy studios, meaning she knows a thing or two about sustainable energy.

Lily is also representing organisations such as the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the House Builders Federation, the TUC and the National Farmer’s Union, which are all aiming to add a feed-in tariff to the energy bill currently going through parliament this week. FITs have been introduced in as many as fifty countries around the world, with Germany being the first and the finest example of a nation where solar panels, wind turbines and ground-source heat pumps have become commonplace in both domestic and industrial environments. Britain currently lags behind almost every EU country in its use of renewables, producing just 2% of its energy in this way.

“Having worked at the Premises solar powered recording studio I have experienced how clean and green renewable energy is. I fully support giving people a renewable energy reward for the power they generate,” says Lily, adding: “It’s good to be green.”

Philip Wolfe, director of the Renewable Energy Association said: “The government does not seem to comprehend the urgency of climate change. We need immediate action to rapidly change the way we generate and utilise energy. The renewables industry is heartened by the huge groundswell of support for our sector and we strongly urge the government to take note and to act on this in the energy bill.”

Friends of the Earth went one further, branding Britain’s performance a “national disgrace”.

An early day motion backing the campaign has been signed by 270 MPs.