America’s Aging Energy Grid: Can It Keep Up with Rising Electricity Demand?
Douglas McIntyre, editor-in-chief of Climate Crisis 24/7, discusses a just-released U.S. Energy Department report on record-breaking increases in electricity storage and transmission capacity. Despite this progress, however, the aging infrastructure of the grid poses significant challenges, requiring hundreds of billions more dollars and decades to modernize. Meanwhile, software and AI might offer solutions, though AI is a major factor in rising electricity demand.
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