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Amid climate change, alternative energy issues get close look
Vertical-axis wind turbines in California. (Photo: Joseph Sohm, via Shutterstock)Officials with jurisdiction over about 80 percent of California’s power grid say the state faces a grim outlook as summer heat, wildfires and a severe drought intensify. Hoping to reduce strain on the power grid, experts are looking at alternative energy generation, distribution and storage. Some of these systems, inspired in part by the meltdown of California’s electricity market two decades ago, already are in place across the state.