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Meghann Murdock

Highest uptake in solar panels for five years as UK homeowners raced to beat the energy price hike

The number of solar panel systems installed at UK properties leaped 10 per cent in the year to September 30

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The number of solar panel systems installed at UK properties leaped by 10 per cent — 110,000 — ahead of last month's energy price hikes, new analysis by Savills reveals.

The year to the end of September saw the highest uptake in small-scale solar panel systems for five years as UK homeowners took action faced with the prospect of energy price rises of 70 per cent.

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