DECC figures reveal 93 per cent fall in UK solar deployment

Madeleine Cuff
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Latest government data suggests bleak year for UK solar industry following changes to feed-in tariff subsidies and closure of solar farm Renewable Obligation

The scale of the contraction in the UK solar market has been laid bare after the latest official deployment figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) yesterday confirmed just 11MW...

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