From new town to power station as The Guardian reveals that 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, just a few miles from Folkestone and Hythe and less than I hour from London, 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 power station supplying energy to the grid.
From 2027, new residents to the Otterpool Park and New Garden Town will live in homes equipped with electric hobs, heating systems and electric vehicle chargers – as well as rooftop solar panels and batteries to power their fossil-fuel-free households.
Developers also hope to build a solar farm on the council-owned land adjacent to the site, which would generate enough electricity to meet half the town’s electricity needs.
The town will need energy from the grid particularly during the winter months – but when parts of the National Grid need extra electricity, the town will be the supplier.
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