"One of the previous right wing government's business friendly policies. Hasn't been changed back however... You can install them any time you like...but you sell the electricity for one quarter what you have to buy it for, and you can't use your own.

It was never advertised. Shocked and upset a lot of folk.

...as they make so little that it doesn't cover the maintenance - so cheaper to take them down."

When asked what a politician would say as to why :

"Probably say something about the fact that power isn't needed in the daytime bla bla bla

...and that they are all for solar power, just in big farms."