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Solar industry attacks UK energy policy

Graham Watson

18th October 2015

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The solar industry is in a bit of turmoil at the moment, with three UK firms announcing that they were planning to close in the last week alone. However, whilst I have some sympathy for them given the utterly shambolic nature of UK energy policy, you might also note that any subsidy that can be cut by 87% was, itself, pretty obscene in the first place.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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