Labour: Government solar cuts could slash development pipeline by a third

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Shadow energy minister says government's own figures show changes to subsidies could reduce predicted deployment by 30 per cent

Labour has warned the government that its cuts to solar farm subsidies could result in a 30 per cent reduction in projected deployment in the next three years. The figures come from the government's...

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