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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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kWh battery wall unit. The German initiative comes on the heels of a similar rollout through Octopus Energy last November in the United Kingdom. It's too soon to say if these are the nascent strands of a "giant distributed utility," an expression Musk has long talked up, the meaning of which is not yet clear.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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Between 2021 and 2030 alone, the second-life batteries sold by Groupe Renault will represent a capacity of more than 200 MWh per year, the equivalent of 4,000 full charges of a Renault ZOE. New operating opportunities such as stationary storage make it possible to perpetuate the service that the battery offers.

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