'Electric Thames': UK Power Networks launches project to electrify vessels on the River Thames

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Project aims to tackle infrastructure challenges that could hamper the electrification of the Thames fleet

Grid company UK Power Networks has launched a project to help commercial boats and ferries operating on London's River Thames switch to electric vessels and "propel London's iconic waterway into the green...

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