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Oct 6, 2022 - What does the world`s largest machine do? -


Dig into the delicate balancing act of how power grids supply energy to the world and how renewable energy factors into this process. In 1967, Homer Loutzenheuser flipped a switch and connected the power grids of the United States, forming one interconnected machine. Today, the US power grid is the world`s largest machine, containing more than 7,300 electricity-generating plants. So how exactly do these power plants work? Henry Richardson digs into the delicate balancing act of how power grids supply us energy.



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