It impacts everyone on Earth too, intelligence gathering, electric grids.

太空垃圾还影响着地球上的所有人，情报搜集，电网格。

Some countries are working on ways to connect electric grids across the globe.

一些国家正在研究连接全球电网的方法。

Expansion and modernization of electric grids would allow for easier flow of renewable energy.

随着电网的扩张和现代化，未来的可再生能源会变得更容易获取、输送。

It's in a pre-commercial phase but actively delivers power to New York City's electric grid.

目前还处于前商业阶段，但在积极向纽约市电网输送电力。

And the expansionary fiscal policy funded new roads and bridges and upgrades to the electric grid.

扩张性财政政策为新的道路和桥梁，以及电网的升级提供了资金。

In Tennessee, researchers are partnering with utilities to boost storage and solar power to create a more resilient electric grid.

在田纳西，研究人员与公共事业部门一起，提升了电能存储能力和太阳能发电效率，打造出一张更有弹性的电网。

But our electric grid is a bear.

但我们的电网却很糟糕。

So the electric grid we have was built up over a century.

所以我们的电网已经建立了一个多世纪。

So the electric grid we have is running out of spare capacity.

因此，我们的电网已经耗尽了剩余容量。

Duke will build three new solar power farms, similar to these facilities, in distant North Carolina and put the power into the electric grid.

杜克将在遥远的北卡罗琳娜州建造三个新太阳能农场，和这些建筑上的面板类似，把太阳能转化为电能。

Can you break this down for us, some of the problems with the current electric grid infrastructure?

您能为我们解释一下当前电网基础设施存在的一些问题吗？

Those systems that really run machinery whether it's gates on dams or parts of the electric grid across our sectors that could have physical consequences.

那些系统真正使得机械得以运作，无论是大坝的闸门还是我们部门的电网, 如果遭入侵可能造成严重后果。

More than 10,000 energy projects, the vast majority of them wind and solar, were waiting for permission to connect to electric grids at the end of 2022.

到 2022 年底，有超过 1 万个能源项目（其中绝大多数是风能和太阳能）正在等待并网许可。

Thought experiments aside, there's the fact that over a billion people don't have access to a reliable electric grid, especially in developing countries, many of which are sunny.

这不是异想天开，事实上超过十亿民众还没有可靠的输电网供给，尤其是在发展中国家，其中许多国家阳光很充足。

In 1882, on Pearl Street in New York City, Thomas Edison opened the world`s first commercial electric grid, lighting up local homes and businesses with cables connected to his power station.

1882年的纽约市珍珠街, 托马斯·爱迪生开放了世界上第一家商业电网, 通过连接到他发电站的电缆照亮了挨家挨户及当地的企业。

Direct current, of the kind which came to dominate electricity delivery systems in the late nineteenth century, consistently sends electricity in one direction along an electric grid.

直流电是十九世纪末在电力输送系统中占据主导地位的一种，它始终沿着电网向一个方向输送电力。

Australia’s federal government recently blocked the sale of the nation’s largest electric grid, after a Chinese and Hong Kong holdings company attempted to purchase a controlling stake.

在一家中国和香港的控股公司试图购买控股权后，澳大利亚联邦政府最近阻止了该国最大电网的出售。

Let's say 2050 we have this amazing, you know, 100 percent sustainable electric grid made up of, you know, some mixture of the sustainable energy sources you talked about.

CA：假设到 2050 年，我们将拥有令人惊叹的 100% 可持续电网， 由您所说的可持续能源的某种混合物组成。

It's quite easy for us to know what success looks like for Form Energy, and that is having the impact at scale on the decarbonization effort for the electric grid.

我们很容易知道 Form Energy 的成功是什么样子，这对电网的脱碳工作产生了大规模的影响。

Engineers can open up extra lines to dissipate the extra power, and with investment and upgrades cheap compared to those other natural disasters require, we can protect the world's electric grid against even the nastiest of storms.

工程师可以开拓额外的线路来消耗额外的功率，与其他自然灾害相比，投资和升级都是非常值得的，我们可以保护世界的电网，抵御甚至是最讨厌的风暴。