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America needs more electricity, but building new power lines takes time. Some transmission projects in the US have taken more than 20 years to complete. Many others have been blocked completely. With power demand rising rapidly, driven by AI data centres, electrification and indu ...  Show more

Americas needs more electricity, and fast. Data centres for AI, and new factories for computer chips and batteries, are driving up demand for electricity, putting mounting pressure on a power grid that has already been struggling. Across different industrial sectors, and differen ...  Show more

Katie McGinty, Chief Sustainability Officer at Johnson Controls, discusses the need to meet climate targets through smart building technologies ahead of COP28. Hosts: Carol Massar and Bailey Lipschultz. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Buildings account for 38% of our global emissions and it’s clearly a priority to accelerate on the road to net zero buildings. Yet the pace and span of current undertakings is not where it could be. Why? What are the challenges and gaps to tackle building decarbonization, especia ...  Show more

On today’s show we are talking about some of the changes underway in energy that could have major impacts on global energy consumption and global demand for certain types of fuel. 

We tend to think that the US is the world leader in technology. In many areas it is. The ...