Global Power Grid Expansion Surges 50% to Record High

Utilities built a total of over 21,000 km of new transmission lines last year, the International Renewable Energy Agency reported this week at COP31, citing data from a group called the Utilities for Net Zero Alliance. This is 50% more than the new transmission lines installed during the previous year, IRENA noted in its report. “Power grids will make or break not only the energy transition but al