UK Power Networks and Octopus Energy team up to fast-track Vehicle-to-Grid deployment

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Partners launch UK's first instant-approval process for connecting Vehicle-to-Grid chargers, in bid to speed up rollout of technologies that turn electric vehicles into 'mini power stations'

UK Power Networks has joined forces with Octopus Energy to deliver a 'UK-first' approach for fast-tracking the roll out of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technologies that allow households charging electric vehicles...

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