Today's solar cut: government turns its back on the future

The Ecologist
Dec 17, 2015, 7:33 am104 pts
The government's decision today to cut support for domestic solar installations by 64% reflects deeply wrong thinking, writes Doug Parr. Just as the rest of Europe is shifting to ever-cheaper renewable, low carbon, decentralised, participatory, employment generating energy systems, the UK is stuck in a the…

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Today's solar cut: government turns its back on the future

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