Renewable energy early adopters "betrayed" by clean energy cashback scheme

James S Murray
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Having campaigned for a feed-in tariff, businesses and households that have installed solar panels and wind turbines will only receive reduced rates from the scheme

Early adopters of onsite renewable energy technologies such as micro wind turbines and solar panels have been left feeling "betrayed" by the government, after it emerged they will be unable to access the...

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