Feed-in tariff cuts result in scrapping of government's own solar project

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Stakeholders in project to install solar panels on government estates told project has been cancelled after proposed cuts to incentives

The government has cancelled its own flagship solar energy project because the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC) proposed cuts to solar feed-in tariff incentives will make the scheme unviable....

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