Solar farm developers installed over 1GW in ROC subsidy rush

Jessica Shankleman
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Lightsource, Conergy Lark Energy and Hive among those connecting dozens of schemes before subsidy scheme shut this week

Large solar power developers installed more than 1GW of new generation capacity in the first quarter of this year as they rushed to complete dozens of projects before the government closed the Renewable...

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