'Milestone moment': Cornwall Local Energy Market achieves major flexibility breakthrough

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Energy firm Centrica announces its platform can now host both transmission and distribution networks simultaneously

A cutting edge smart grid project in Cornwall has delivered a major breakthough that could provide a significant boost to the development of flexible grid services, Centrica announced yesterday, as the...

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