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POSTnote by Chandrika Nath. It was first published on Friday, 8 June 2012. It was last updated on Friday, 8 June 2012.


Solar Photovoltaics

Solar power has the potential to provide low carbon electricity and to generate employment. This POSTnote discusses the development of solar power in the UK and summarises debate over feed-in tariffs - financial support policies introduced in 2010 to stimulate take-up.

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Research briefing
Reference
POST-PN-398 
Subjects
Finance Manufacturing industries Solar power Carbon emissions Feed-in tariffs
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