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The device throttling the world’s electrified future: Bottlenecks Series

2025/5/29
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Akshat Rati: 作为彭博绿色“瓶颈”系列的一部分，我们关注电气化转型中一个意想不到的障碍：变压器短缺。电气化是减少碳排放的关键，但我们面临诸多挑战，包括物理挑战和官僚障碍。电力本身的管理复杂，存储困难，定价也存在问题。此外，还有一些鲜为人知的瓶颈，例如制造能力不足和缺乏熟练工人。变压器是电网运行的关键设备，但目前面临严重的短缺问题。交货时间已经从一年半增加到三到五年，这严重延缓了能源转型。我一直在研究为什么变压器会成为瓶颈，以及业内人士对此感到担忧的原因。 Oscar Boyd: 电气化在减少碳排放方面起着越来越重要的作用。你和彭博绿色的其他同事开始了名为“瓶颈”的系列节目，关注阻碍电力转型的因素。变压器短缺对电力系统的影响是什么？

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This episode introduces a new series, Bottlenecks, focusing on lesser-known obstacles to electrification. It discusses the challenges of decarbonizing electricity and electrifying everything, highlighting the complexities of electricity management, storage, and pricing as key bottlenecks.
  • Electrification is crucial for decarbonization but faces numerous bottlenecks.
  • Decarbonizing electricity is progressing, but electrifying everything is lagging.
  • Bottlenecks include physical, bureaucratic, and financial challenges, as well as inertia and a lack of skilled workers.

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To slash emissions fast, the formula is simple: electrify everything and clean up the grid. But in practice, progress is slowed by all sorts of bottlenecks — from arcane permitting processes to sky-high electricity costs.

This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi sits down with producer Oscar Boyd to spotlight a surprising culprit slowing the transition: a global shortage of transformers, and why it has industry insiders so worried. This episode kicks off Bottlenecks, a new series exploring the lesser known obstacles standing in the way of our electrified future. 

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