Our power grids need an upgrade
Ed Conway
The Times
The world’s first conventional power station in London’s Holborn was shut down within years thanks to an underdeveloped electricity grid, and other countries stole the initiative, says Ed Conway. History is in danger of repeating itself. None of the wind turbines, batteries and electric cars designed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 will work without a decent grid to transport power, and ours is “creaking – badly”. Built in the 1960s for a few