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We're three-quarters of the way to a domestic solar revolution in the UK - Is £1.70 too much to finish the job?

Leonie Greene, the Solar Trade Association

21 July 2015 • 4 min read

Just two per cent of the UK's clean energy budget could deliver a subsidy-free solar industry, argues the Solar Trade Association's Leonie Greene, so why is the industry copping the blame for current overspends?

Too often solar power is lumped together in the media with a myriad of costs that makes the nation's sweetheart technology look expensive. And solar is the nation's sweetheart, consistently showing over...

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We're three-quarters of the way to a domestic solar revolution in the UK - Is £1.70 too much to finish the job?

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