First Commercial Off-Grid Aquion Energy System Installed in the UK

Posted on February 1, 2016

Solar PV Partners and ESS Limited (Energy Saving Specialist), two UK renewable energy resource management companies, today announced the first UK and European Off-Grid solar installation with a 25 kWh Aquion Energy battery system to illuminate the entry sign at the EuroTunnel UK border.

Aquion is the world’s first and only Cradle to Cradle Certified(TM) battery designed both for industrial scale use and domestic energy storage, either on grid or off-grid.

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