Old batteries from electric cars could soon be keeping the lights shining at six European football stadiums.
US firm Eaton, which re-uses batteries from Nissan Leaf vehicles, is in talks to update power systems at the as-yet unnamed venues.
Eaton’s refurbished batteries are already in use at stadiums in Norway and the Netherlands.
The project is part of a broader push to find new uses for old batteries.
Eaton vice-president Craig McDonnell said the football stadium community across Europe was “interested” in its battery-powered electricity supply system.
Mr McDonnell declined to name which clubs it was talking to but said they were “significant” names.
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