Renewables industry accuses government of running flawed feed-in tariff consultation

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EXCLUSIVE: Industry letter accuses DECC of breaching consultation rules by rushing through changes during summer recess

The UK's leading renewable energy trade bodies have formally complained to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), accusing it of trying to rush through "damaging" changes to the popular feed-in...

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