🧵| G7 leaders will meeting in Hiroshima🇯🇵 next week & they need to talk #grids⚡️
According to @Reuters and @e3g, to scale up electricity grids & storage infrastructure to meet our #renewables goals by the mid-2030s, policymakers must turn targets into a clear "grid agenda".
2/3 | Grid interconnection is a strength in the EU and we must continue working together to develop clear outlines for new #electricity infrastructure, notes @FactFisching.
Read the full article for more on why power grid investment is a global priority👇 reuters.com/business/susta…
3/3 | We also welcome @johnpodesta's perspective: legislation to speed up grid deployment should “not push communities out of the decision-making process, but bring them in earlier”
Grids don't have to leave communities & nature behind! Learn more👇
As states and the Biden administration move towards #electrification, the US needs to rapidly expand its electric⚡️#grid to tap the potential of 🌱#renewables and lower carbon emissions.
2/5 | New York recently became the first US state to require its public power provider to generate all electricity from clean energy by 2030.
This will require more connections between renewables and the 🔌#grid.
3/5 | Plugging in 🚙cars, 🏠homes, and 🏭factories to renewables is a cornerstone of Biden’s plan to cut emissions, which means electricity demand in the US could roughly double by 2050, even as overall energy use goes down.