Solar industry braced for deep cuts to feed-in tariff incentives

James S Murray
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Launch of early feed-in tariff review expected this week as developers fear cuts to incentives of up to 30 per cent

The government is expected to this week launch its controversial fast-track review of feed-in tariff incentives for large solar installations with developers anticipating that it will propose deep cuts...

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