Electrical grids aren’t keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals

By DAVID McHUGH
AP Business Writer

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines aren’t added or refurbished in the next few years. The International Energy Agency said in a report Tuesday that the capacity to connect to and transmit electricity isn’t keeping pace with the rapid growth of clean energy technology like solar and wind power, electric cars and heat pumps. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol tells The Associated Press that a long line of renewable projects are waiting to connect to the grid and they could generate five times the amount of solar and wind capacity added worldwide last year.