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A ‘Super’ El Niño Is Here. Can the US Power Grid Handle It This Winter?
El Niño tilts the odds toward anomalous weather that can impact the U.S. power system in both good ways and bad ways.
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Power Shift is Ellyn Lapointe’s ongoing Gizmodo series that explores advancements in green technology, with a focus on renewable energy, grid modernization, and emissions reduction.
When signs that a strong El Niño was brewing first appeared in late spring, no one could have imagined just how powerful it would become.
Over the last several months, tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures have risen so fast that they’ve already surged past the record-warm peak of the very strong 2015-2016 El Niño. And…
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