MILLIONS of homes will be fitted with solar panels under Labour’s plans for a “rooftop revolution.”

Energy secretary Ed Miliband is looking at bringing in solar-related standards for new-build properties from next year, according to an Observer report.

Restrictions on where and how high up buildings panels can be placed, as well as those in conservation areas and on listed buildings, may also be re-examined.

Mr Miliband has promised to triple the amount of solar power in Britain by 2030, as well as double onshore wind and quadruple offshore wind.

Ahead of Wednesday’s King’s Speech, he said: “We will encourage builders and homeowners in whatever way we can to deliver this win-win technology to millions of addresses in the UK so people can provide their own electricity, cut their bills and at the same time help fight climate change.”

It comes as he approved three solar farms in the east of England that had been blocked by Tory ministers.