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Keeping the cowboys out of the solar rush

UK: The UK solar PV industrys growth, sparked by the FIT scheme to incentivize investment in PV energy generation, demands tougher measures to ensure responsible, competent installation.

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pv magazine

31 Aug 2011

When the UK government introduced its renewable energy feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme on April 1, 2010 the UK solar PV industry mushroomed, with businesses promoting themselves as PV suppliers and installers. The rewards are decent: an average residential solar PV installation can take just a few days and cost around 15,000 pounds (GBP), or 17,200 …

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