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Europe’s power grids under pressure amid record-breaking heatwaves (www.euronews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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As climate change makes heatwaves more frequent and more intense, demand for energy is soaring as people attempt to keep cool. At the same time, high temperatures are undermining electricity supplies, particularly from thermal plants - a type of power station in which heat energy is converted into electricity - that rely on river water for cooling.

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 months ago

What is Europe's rate of growth for residential solar capacity? The Southwest US has seen daytime summer energy prices drop significantly because people use their personal solar panels to power their air conditioning. I would imagine that increasing solar capacity would help address air conditioning demand