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The fastest path to more power: How advanced conductors could unlock grid capacity without new transmission

The Interchange by Wood Mackenzie

Sep 15, 202600:46:32Business

The pressure on the power system is no longer theoretical. AI, data centers, electrification, and new industrial load are arriving faster than utilities can build generation and transmission through conventional timeline...

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