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They grow so fast – solar PV’s coming of age in the UK

Recently, subsidy-free solar PV plants have generated buzz in the U.K., with some plants commissioned and others planned to be developed outside of any public remuneration scheme. pv magazine examines whether the U.K. solar industry is ready to embrace the trend at scalr in the near future.

By

Ilias Tsagas

19 Jun 2018

The 10 MW Clayhill solar+storage project, built by Anesco, is the U.K.’s first subsidy-free PV project. | Image: Anesco

Ernst and Young (EY), a global business consultancy, published in May its annual Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) report, which tracks investment appetite for clean energy across the globe. This year EY’s index ranked the U.K. seventh, up from the 10th and 13th places in 2017’s and 2016’s indexes respectively.Explaining the U.K.’s upward trend, EY says …

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