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Transforming America's Power System
The headline from this year's World Energy Outlook released by the International Energy Agency says, "The world is on the brink of a new age of electricity." In the United States, electrification is set to transform the energy landscape, and the nation is expected to see a rapid rise in power demand. Questions remain over how this demand will be met, and if this means increasing carbon emissions from the power sector. These questions are further complicated by the rise of artificial intelligence and an antiquated and fragmented electric grid. So how do efforts to decarbonize the century-old…
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