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A company that aims to reduce the demand on the grid at key moments in the day,
- Programme: Bang Goes the Theory
- Series: 8
- Episode: Energy
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2014
- Geography | Energy and Resources | Non-renewable and renewable energy | The future of energy production
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