Power to the People: 7 Ways to Fix the Grid, Now

Now consider what we will ask the grid to handle in the near future: Demand for electricity is expected to increase by as much as 40 percent in the next two decades—more than twice the population growth rate. To meet that need, we will have to generate an additional 214 gigawatts, a feat that would require the construction of more than 357 large coal plants. We also want to plug in dozens, if not hundreds, of gigawatts of wind and solar power harvested ... Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 24, 2009

Factual story with solid background and written in the no-nonsense tone that Wired often does well with. I found this highly informative and I'm glad it took the editorial liberties of an opinion piece, although it reads like an essay or special report.

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