Mercury prize winning band the Klaxons, has called for more support for solar power in the UK. The band, now recording its second album, has joined the 'We Support Solar' campaign to pressurise the Government to reward those who make use of the sun and make headway in the fight against climate change.

Much of the Klaxons' second album is being recorded in a solar powered studio at The Premises Studios in East London; the country's only recording studio generating clean energy from daylight. Impressively, the campaign claims that solar photovoltaics (PV) has the potential to create over 100,000 much needed 'green' British jobs by 2020.

The Klaxons join Lily Allen, 200 MPs, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and hundreds of individuals and companies across the country who are also backing the campaign. 'We Support Solar' is fast raising awareness of the importance of a strong 'feed-in tariff' (FIT) for solar, the commitment to a high sale price for solar electricity, three to four times the price of conventional electricity, that has proven to increase demand for solar in as many as 17 countries in Europe including France, Spain and Italy.

The Klaxons said: 'We're proud to back the "We Support Solar" campaign. We use The Premises solar powered recording studio and we know how important solar power is to the delivery of a low carbon UK.'

Julia Craik, Manager of The Premises Studios said: 'However much they might wish to be green, for many businesses it is simply not financially-viable to install renewable energy. If the UK followed the example of Germany and introduced a premium feed-in tariff the initial costs of installing renewable technologies, such as our solar panels, will be recouped in a much shorter time, and after that turn a profit. This would be a huge incentive!'

The UK Government has said that a tariff will be introduced to the UK in 2010 but it is still to be decided how strong and effective it will be. The Klaxons and other supporters believe an effective tariff would pay solar owners for all the electricity they generate, encourage investment and encourage solar on buildings, thus creating much needed jobs. In Germany over 50,000 jobs have been created in solar since 2000.