CNN (August 14)
“Nuclear power plants idled. Crops harvested at 3 a.m. Iconic tourist attractions shuttered early. Soaring temperatures are forcing drastic measures in Europe, where successive heatwaves are straining an economy already under pressure from US tariffs, Chinese competition and higher energy prices because of the Iran war.”
Tags: Chinese competition, Crops, Economy, Energy, Europe, Heatwaves, Idled, Nuclear, Plants, Shuttered, Straining, Temperatures, Tourist attractions, U.S. tariffs
Bloomberg (July 26)
“Back-to-back heat waves across the US are straining electricity grids serving millions of households and businesses amid a surge in demand from data centers that require around-the-clock power.” Regional transmission operators (RTOs) are struggling to keep up and it’s no longer clear the RTOs are up to present day challenges. “Emergency alerts have been cascading across grids covering more than half of the 50 US states in recent weeks, including the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), and the Southwest Power Pool, which manage electricity systems from the Midwest to the Rocky Mountains.”
Tags: Businesses, Challenges, Data centers, Demand, Electricity grids, Heat waves, Households, Power, Straining, Struggling, Surge, Transmission operators, U.S.
San Francisco Chronicle (December 15)
“Even as the first precious caches of coronavirus vaccine arrived in counties across California Monday, the pandemic showed no signs of abating, with hospitals straining under an influx of COVID-19 patients and deaths climbing across the state and region.”
Tags: Abating, California, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Hospitals, Influx, Pandemic, Patients, Precious, Straining, Vaccine
