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    Oct 24, 2019 2 minutes

    A EUROPEAN FIRST

    The Autarkic House is a new fully off-grid, solar-hydrogen powered individual home – a European first – that has obtained planning approval in Devon. As the name suggests, the house is entirely self-sufficient: it does not require mains connections to electricity, gas, water or drainage. According to planning practice Rural Solutions, it is a “European first in mechanical engineering for a single house”. The Autarkic (artist’s impression pictured), is a Paragraph

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