Transmission

Transmission

Biden's got a plan for ramping up energy transmission

The White House wants Congress to pass permitting reform. In case that doesn't work, it's tapping DOE's authority to make it easier to build transmission.

By Jeff St. John . 17 May 2023
Podcast

Understanding the transmission bottleneck

The lack of transmission could severely limit the energy transition. What can we do to fix it?

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By Shayle Kann . 42 min . 4 May 2023
Transmission

Talking TransWest and grid transmission policy on The Weather Channel

Watch Canary Media’s Jeff St. John discuss the challenges, costs and benefits of a much bigger grid on the cable channel’s climate show, Pattrn.

By Jeff St. John . 4 May 2023
Transmission

Clean energy transmission line in New England gets go-ahead from jury

The new wires will deliver cheap Canadian hydropower to a region still dependent on gas and oil.

By Jake Bittle . 3 May 2023
Fun stuff

Cartoon: The queue

By Climatoonist . 20 April 2023
Transmission

A huge new clean energy transmission line gets the green light

Transmission is notoriously hard to build. Now, after 18 years, the TransWest Express line has approval to carry wind power from Wyoming to California.

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira . 18 April 2023
Clean energy

Chart: US clean energy backlog balloons to unprecedented 2 terawatts

The huge figure shows that developers are ready to build renewables, but it also underscores a key problem: The country doesn't have enough transmission capacity.

By Eric Wesoff, Maria Virginia Olano . 14 April 2023
Transmission

On trial now: The fate of a key clean energy transmission line in Maine

The twisting tale of a bid to bring hydropower from Canada to New England shows the challenge of building the transmission lines needed to electrify everything.

By Julian Spector . 13 April 2023
Transmission

Fixing the US power grid: A challenge for 2023 and beyond

Lack of investment in the country's transmission grids has become a huge roadblock to clean energy and reliable power. Will 2023 be the year things start to change?

By Jeff St. John . 29 December 2022
EV charging

Highway EV charging will need a ton of power — sooner than you think

A new report warns that EV charging along Northeast highways will require sports-stadium levels of grid power by 2030. Where are the plans to supply it?

By Jeff St. John . 5 December 2022