U.S. Looks to Improve Energy Grid

GALWAY, IRELAND--April 24, 2015 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) The government has taken the first step to overhaul the nation's ageing energy grid in an effort to protect it from threats ranging from extreme weather to terrorist attacks.

The first instalment of the Quadrennial Energy Review lays out the vulnerabilities facing the existing gird infrastructure and outlines how much it will cost to improve and replace old gas pipelines, power lines, railroads and waterways among others.