RNLI makes a splash in the storage market
RNLI's inshore lifeboats will be made at a green factory equipped with solar and storage technologies | Credit: Leigh Harries
Lifeboat charity to install 180kWh battery storage unit at lifeboat factory on the Isle of Wight - paving the way to deliver boat parts built entirely using solar power
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is a step closer to making its life-saving vessels using only solar power, thanks to the installation of a battery storage unit at the charity's solar-equipped...
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