E&E News: DOE delivers $2B to expand grid for renewables, extreme weather
Politico’s E&E News reported on the news of the massive new tranche of GRIP funding, saying:
“The Department of Energy on Friday announced nearly $2 billion in funding for transmission projects nationally, marking a key step in the Biden administration’s efforts to strengthen the electricity grid in the face of climate change and rising power demand.”
“With these projects, we’re investing in resilience,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on a call with reporters ahead of the announcement. “We’re deploying software to improve interconnection queues, and we’re meeting rising energy demand including from data centers,” she said.
“Boston-based GridUnity is aiming to deploy software streamlining the interconnection process in grid areas covering 70 percent of the U.S. population. A lack of interconnection points has been a challenge for many renewable projects, creating backlogs in swaths of the country.”