More than 70 per cent of councils lack 'solar strategy'

Madeleine Cuff
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Almost three-quarters of UK councils have no solar deployment strategy and no plans for new installations in the next five years, FOI data reveals

Hundreds of local councils across the country have no official strategy for solar deployment and do not plan to add any new solar power to their portfolio in the next five years, a series of Freedom of...

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