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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Hailed as the greatest invention of the 20th century , our now-aging grid was based on fundamental concepts that made sense at the time it was developed. The original foundation was a combination of “base load” coal plants that operated 24 hours a day and large-scale hydropower. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible.

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MIT Study: Transmission Is Key to a Low-Cost, Decarbonized US Grid

GreenTechMedia

All of these benefits can be captured with solar, wind, existing hydropower and lithium-ion battery technologies at projected 2030 prices, he added. Another study led by Princeton University released last month, which charts a $2.5 trillion pathway to a zero-carbon U.S.