Centrica acquires Californian developer Vista Solar

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News comes after industry survey warns of significant job losses in UK solar sector if government goes ahead with scrapping Feed-in Tariff

Centrica has taken over Vista Solar, a Californian solar engineering and construction company, as part of plans to grow its presence in the US. The takeover, which was announced earlier this week, was...

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