Forbes October 9, 2024
We aren’t ready. Even as the energy sector hurtles toward an inevitable—and much-needed—shift from fossil fuels toward clean energy, it lacks the infrastructure to support this change.
The electrical grid, which acts as the backbone for energy transfer, wasn’t designed to handle these emerging demands. Mostly assembled decades ago in a patchwork, ad hoc manner, it’s incapable of incorporating a quickly-growing range of energy sources such as wind and solar. Moreover, it’s not built to manage the intermittent and geographically scattered nature of these energy sources as they multiply.
The requirements are daunting. Experts warn that we must build or refurbish 80 million kilometers of grid—the equivalent of the entire grid built to date—by 2040 to meet climate and reliability...
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