Government softens feed-in tariff blow to solar and wind industries

Jessica Shankleman
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UPDATED: Government predicts up to 18,700 solar jobs could be lost as a result of changes to popular incentive scheme

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has softened plans to slash support for domestic solar and wind power schemes, after more than 100,000 people around the world raised concerns that the...

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