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Q&A: Is air conditioning a threat to Switzerland’s power grid?

Q&A: Is air conditioning a threat to Switzerland’s power grid?

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The elevated temperatures this summer prompted many of us to crank up the air conditioning. In Switzerland, the energy used for cooling is approaching that for heating. What does that mean for power grids? Official figures from the Swiss weather office are striking: temperatures this summer were 1.6°C above the national...