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Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down power plants
Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid is being pushed to its limits as people turn to fans and air-conditioning to try to stay cool. But some power plants won’t be online to help handle the load.
The main source of stress is increased demand, largely driven by cooling. And the challenges are only expected to worsen as climate change brings more frequent and intense heat waves.
Find out how rising temperatures are stretching power supplies—and how utilities can adapt.
—Casey Crownhart
What Europe’s heat wave means for the power grid
Grid planning in the age of climate change generally means that we need a lot more supply, and quickly. But
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