The tough, innovative and resilient UK solar industry can outlast this government’s energy policies

King Canute is alive and well in Britain.

While solar energy has become a global success story over the past few years, with tumbling costs and exploding deployment, Britain, which was keen on the technology, has slammed on the brakes, casting a shadow over a sector which employed more than 30,000 people but is now shedding jobs by the thousand.

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