IEA Warns of Insufficient Transmission Lines Worldwide to Connect Renewables to the Grid
October 21, 2023
October 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Oct. 20, 2023:
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* The International Energy Agency concluded that the world needs to double the size of its existing electricity grid in 17 years to power the globe with renewable energy.
* The 49.7 million miles of new and rebuilt transmission is almost 2,000 times the circumference of the Earth.
* The costs would be enormous, as it involves d . . .
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* The International Energy Agency concluded that the world needs to double the size of its existing electricity grid in 17 years to power the globe with renewable energy.
* The 49.7 million miles of new and rebuilt transmission is almost 2,000 times the circumference of the Earth.
* The costs would be enormous, as it involves d . . .