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The politics of it all

UK: The UK, which will see its FIT rates cut from August, is fast becoming a lesson for governments drawing up renewable energy policies in how not to do things. All eyes are on the country.

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pv magazine

02 Aug 2011

All eyes have been on the UK in recent months as the government’s decision to cut feed-in tariff (FIT) rates for installations greater than 50 kilowatts this summer threatens to destabilize the country’s fledgling solar industry. On April 1 2010, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched a suite of renewable energy FITs, …

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