Firm behind UK's first commercial virtual power plant secures £295,000 boost

Michael Holder
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Firm behind UK's first commercial virtual power plant secures £295,000 boost

ev.energy handed additional £295,000 from Innovate UK to scale up its virtual power plant service designed to ease pressure on the grid from EV charging

Hopes of one day using electric vehicles (EVs) as mobile batteries to help stabilise the UK's electricity grid have received a boost today, with software specialist ev.energy scooping up an additional...

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