Leyla Boulton

Senior editor and development editor for FT Live at the Financial Times, and FT liaison for the Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign. She has held senior FT editorial roles including executive editor of special reports and previously reported from Moscow on the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of post-Soviet market economies.

Household Renewables Gain Appeal as Fossil-Fuel Price Shocks Hit Budgets

The FT’s Leyla Boulton argues that the latest oil and gas price surge is making household renewables look less like a climate preference and more like financial protection. Solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and electric vehicles can reduce exposure to volatile fossil-fuel costs, but Boulton says adoption depends on solving practical barriers: upfront capital, uneven subsidies, installation quality and consumer trust.

Financial TimesJun 29, 20264 min read