How do we get electricity grids for the future? 3/6
The electrification of everything from Swedish industry to our transport sector is proceeding at a rapid pace and is a prerequisite for combating climate change. While the debate is raging about how to produce more and more electricity, the electricity grids that will deliver it are silent.
This is a major problem. The challenge of getting sufficient electricity grids in place in time is monumental and the costs that ultimately end up on electricity grid customers will be breathtaking. If we do not take the expansion of electricity grids seriously, there is a great risk that there will be no electricity in the outlet and that Sweden will miss the set climate goals, no matter how much wind or nuclear power we build.
The Environment and Public Health Institute (EPHI) has brought together some of the brightest minds to outline the challenges of the future electricity grid in a series of short reports.
In this third of six reports, we get Lars Bergman's perspective on the electricity grid issue. Bergman has a background as, among other things, President of the Stockholm School of Economics and has written the ESO report High-level excitement on the role of electricity grids in ensuring the security of electricity supply. This report examines the conditions for creating new electricity grids. What are the challenges?
HOW DO WE GET ELECTRICITY GRIDS FOR THE FUTURE PART 3/6
The path of electricity from power plant to wall socket - Lars Bergman (pdf)
