Solar companies demand £2.2m in damages after feed-in tariff cuts

Guardian: Three solar power companies have written to the government demanding £2.2m in damages which they say were caused by cuts in 2011 to the incentive scheme for solar, which resulted in a legal challenge that the government lost. Last October, ahead of schedule, the coalition cut in half payments for the feed-in tariff scheme which pays generators of small-scale energy such as solar panels. The cut led to a near 90% drop in installations. The companies, who have sent a "letter before claim" to...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/13/solar-damages-feed-in-tariff-cuts
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