Government confirms deep solar incentive cuts

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DECC approves proposed cuts to solar feed-in tariffs, slashing support for large projects by up to 70 per cent

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has today dashed hopes that it would reconsider proposed cuts to feed-in tariff (FIT) incentives for large solar installations, confirming that the new...

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