European solar sector set to add 94,000 new jobs by 2021

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National renewables targets and falling costs will drive an uplift in deployment activity over the next four years, new report predicts

The European solar sector is poised for dramatic expansion over the next four years as the market starts to realise the full benefit of plummeting costs and countries scramble to hit clean energy targets....

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