Going underground: UK Power Networks rolls out zero-emission e-diggers

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Grid company claims new Takeuchi TB20e electric mini-excavators are successfully eliminating CO2, NOx, and PM2.5 emissions

Electric diggers will soon be heading underground to serve UK Power Network's subterranean electricity network, in a move which could cut emissions by more than 200 tonnes a year. UK Power Networks...

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