posts tagged as electric grid
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September 2024
A recent heat wave severely strained California’s electrical grid in the Los Angeles area, leading to 24-hour outages as the grid struggled...
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August 2024
The amount of electricity produced by U.S. wind facilities dropped to a 33-month low on July 22, forcing power generators to use...
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August 2023
Around the world, governments, activists, and researchers have begun to converge on the idea that reaching “net-zero” carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is...
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July 2023
Many Congressional Democrats and environmentalists want to increase renewable energy deployment four-fold by 2030 and double the rate at which transmission lines...
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July 2023
Europe generated 10.4 percent of its electricity from solar in June—a record amount--which more than doubled solar power’s share of Europe’s generation...
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June 2023
Texas has been enduring an early heat wave that has broken temperature records and strained the state’s independent power grid. The Texas...