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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

New all-electric town in Kent strikes deal to supply power back to the grid

Otterpool Park drawings
Developers hope to build a solar farm on the council-owned land adjacent to the town. Photograph: Otterpool Park

One of Britain’s first all-electric towns to be built with almost no reliance on fossil fuels could soon help to power the grid with renewable energy.

The developers of a new garden town in Kent have struck a deal with a leading energy infrastructure company to design and operate a “smart” energy grid, which could mean its 8,500 households act as a virtual power plant for the rest of the country.

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