Solar subsidy cuts damage UK's attractiveness to clean energy investors

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Ernst & Young quarterly survey sees UK fall to sixth among 40 countries analysed, as emerging economies start to rise

The cut in subsidies to the UK's solar sector has seen the country fall one place in an international ranking of the most attractive nations for renewable energy investment. Ernst &Young's latest Country...

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