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Connecting America: The Future of the Grid in the United States
In this event, Iberdrola and Intelligence Squared receive Pedro Azagra, the CEO of Avangrid, to discuss the specific difficulties facing the grid in the United States.
The Future of the Grid in the United States: Iberdrola and Intelligence Squared.
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Expanding our global electricity networks is key to unlocking a renewable future, especially in the United States: the world’s largest economy that produces 14 percent of global emissions.
The Inflation Reduction Act, signed last August, aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 – America’s largest ever investment to fight climate change.
However, one serious obstacle could stymie these ambitions: an outdated and overloaded grid. The impact of insufficient infrastructure across the United States is already showing: queues to connect renewable energy projects to the grid stretch to years, and the number of active large-scale solar and wind projects is decreasing.
In this episode, Kamal Ahmed is joined by Pedro Azagra, the CEO of Avangrid, to discuss the specific difficulties facing the grid in the United States, and the upgrades and expansion needed to decarbonise the country’s electricity networks, and facilitate the energy transition.
Source: IntelligenceSquared.com
