WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
WHAT POWERS OUR WORLD
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
30 YEARS TO A SOLUTION
RECIPE FOR THE FUTURE
ALL BENEFITS HAVE COSTS
PUT THE RABBIT BACK IN THE HAT
HOW DIRTY A WORD?
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE
PAY NOW, REAP LATER
BUT NOT INDEPENDENCE
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT?
THE INSIDE LOOK
100 YEARS AND GETTING THERE
CHEAP AND DIRTY
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BATTERY
TAMING THE FIREBALL
WAS THE IDEAL RESOURCE
THE LONG WINDING ROAD
ABUNDANT AND CLEANER
HIGH POWER, HARD TO HANDLE
THE ECONOMIC GAS PEDAL
$UPER CLEAN
TO A BIGGER, SMARTER GRID
AFFORDABLE IF NOT UNAFFORDABLE
The US electric grid – the three of them together – has been called the largest machine in the world. It’s also one of the oldest in continuous operation. Upgrading transmission in developed countries, and building more of it elsewhere, will be expensive but necessary; to reduce power loss, inefficiencies and instability, and to accommodate renewables and distributed power production. A place where governments can help.
Switch Energy Project
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