The Verge: Energy
OCTOBER 17, 2023
. | Photo by Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images Governments and utilities need to add or replace the equivalent of virtually all the world’s power grids by 2040 to reliably keep the lights on while cleaning up pollution from the power sector. But power grids aren’t keeping up, and it puts that 1.5-degree
The Verge: Energy
MARCH 1, 2024
That’s roughly equivalent to the annual pollution from adding more than 1,000 new gas-fired power plants. Global temperatures are on the rise as all of that pollution builds up in our atmosphere and traps heat. Power grids usually tap fossil fuel power plants whenever hydropower runs low.
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The Environmental Blog
MARCH 4, 2020
The question remains, however, how much do they actually help in the reduction of pollution? Even though it makes use of precious non-renewable resources, and requires electricity for charging, it still eliminates air pollution in cities , which is becoming a hugely widespread problem worldwide.
The Verge: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Stressed power grids need the money badly, both to prevent blackouts and bring more clean energy online. Weather disasters supercharged by climate change have already led to more power outages in the US. Stressed power grids need the money badly “Much of [the grid] was built nearly a century ago.
The Verge: Energy
APRIL 8, 2024
Millions more live near dirty power plants that could be tapped to make up for a loss of solar power. Grid managers have had to find backup sources of energy to cope with the eclipse. It shows us how far the nation has come in cleaning up its power grid — and what we’re still in dire need of to complete that task.
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
It’s a strain on our power grid, agriculture and – most of all – people. By Tianyi SunIt’s been a brutal summer here in Texas. Parts of the state suffered through weeks of temperatures topping 100 degrees, and rarely dipping below 80 at night. It’s not just Texas of course.
The Verge: Energy
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
. | Photo by Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images The European Union saw a record drop in pollution from fossil fuel power plants last year, according to a new report. Renewable energy is finally starting to take over the power grid. An unprecedented collapse in coal and gas electricity generation.”
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