Antigua and Barbuda partners with Octopus Energy to advance island clean tech deployment

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The Right Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation, signing the Memorandum of Understanding / Credit: Octopus Energy
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The Right Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation, signing the Memorandum of Understanding / Credit: Octopus Energy

Partnership announced at New York Climate Week aims to explore how electric vehicles, solar panels, batteries, and flexible grid technologies can help slash island communities' fossil fuel imports

Octopus Energy has this week signed a new partnership with the government of Antigua and Barbuda to explore ways of making energy cheaper, cleaner, and more secure for the Caribbean nation. Announced...

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