Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Everyone pretty much agrees the US electrical grid will need modernizing as the demand for electrons to power EVs, green steel, data centers, and heat pumps increases. We also know that building new transmission lines is a long and expensive process fraught with obstacles ranging from permitting to supply chains. There is an old expression that says, “Don’t raise the bridge, lower the river.” There are new t...