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> Solar Panels. In the UK, the government pays you per kWh generated. Needs an upfront investment (...)

It also required upfront confidence in the sustainability of the government subsidy. In The Netherlands a lot of now-solar panel owners decided to invest because of subsidies, but last year the government decided to stop the subsidy for 2016. Especially with the low energy prices, that makes it a net loss for a lot of people.



The UK Conservative government has also just cut solar feed-in tariffs. The new scheme starts on Monday.

http://keepfits.org/news/so-we-have-our-response

https://www.gov.uk/feed-in-tariffs


Nevada just did the same thing.




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