UK solar market to lead Europe in 2014

Jessica Shankleman
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New NPD Solarbuzz figures suggest large scale solar farms will play a key role in efforts to hit 20GW goal by 2020

A huge expansion of solar farms across Britain this year could propel the UK into pole position in the European market, new figures have revealed. Analysts NPD Solarbuzz yesterday released new data,...

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