( ) -v-36- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “std.” Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy. Correspondent Jeremy House has more on the story. [CutID: <Cuts> ELECTRICAL-GRIDS-house-v-TUEam.mp3 Time: 36s Title: ELECTRICAL-GRIDS-house-v-TUEam Out-cue: std] ————————- VERBATIM: The lack of sufficient funding could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if […]
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Electrical grids aren’t keeping up with the green energy push
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Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy. Correspondent Jeremy House has more on the story.
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VERBATIM: The lack of sufficient funding could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren’t added or refurbished in the next few years. The International Energy Agency reports the capacity to connect to and transmit electricity isn’t keeping pace with the rapid growth of clean energy technology like solar and wind power, electric cars and heat pumps. The IEA’s Executive Director says a long line of renewable projects are waiting to connect to the grid and they could generate five times the amount of solar and wind capacity added worldwide last year…JH reporting.