the electricity reserves undermined by the heat wave

California is suffocating in searing heat. Suffocated between devastating fires and a scorching wave that is close to records: 52°C in Death Valley. In the south of the state, XXL temperatures. “In Nevada, California, it’s terrible. I don’t know what’s up with this heat wave, it’s falling on us“, testifies a resident. The city of Los Angeles had to open cooler rooms, refuge for the inhabitants, where the air conditioning runs at full speed.

The problem for California is that it can no longer cope with this overconsumption of electricity due to dilapidated infrastructure and out of order generators. Californians have been ordered to reduce the air conditioning and charging of their electric cars. The paradox is that California has decided to go all-electric for the car by 2035, a puzzle. By betting on 100% green energy by 2045, California is a pioneer in the fight against global warming without knowing if its production will be sufficient to fight against increasingly frequent heat waves.