WASHINGTON POST • May 28, 2024
As developers rush to install wind farms and solar plants to power data centers, AI systems and electric vehicles, the nation’s sagging, out-of-date power lines are getting overwhelmed – slowing the transition to clean energy and the fight against climate change. But experts say that there is a remarkably simple fix: installing new wires on the high-voltage lines that already carry power hundreds of miles across America. Just upgrading those wires, new reports show, could double the amount of power that can flow through America’s electricity grid.