Toddington Harper has found a creative way to help power his electric car chargers at a service station in south-west England because of limited capacity available from the grid.
The 45-year-old founder of charging company Gridserve added a high-capacity battery and solar panels to reduce the strain on the local electricity distribution network at the services off the A30 near Bodmin in Cornwall. “It works incredibly well,” he said.
Other businesses have been less fortunate. Martin Smith, chief executive of The Hex Group, a metals fabricator, wanted to install enough solar panels at his factory near Stafford in the West Midlands to ensure it was largely self-sufficient.
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