An end to gridlock

摘要

Few people care how their electricity is generated, as long as the lights come on when they press the switch. Even fewer care how it is delivered, which is why the growing problem of ageing energy infrastructure across Europe and the United States rarely gets the attention it deserves. A welcome exception to this attitude is the agreement to develop a new subsea electricity grid in the North Sea, which is due to be signed on 3 December by the energy ministers often European nations, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom.