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I was under the impression that the issues with their grid were not due to renewable energy sources.
by Jonnax 6y ago
I was under the impression that the issues with their grid were not due to renewable energy sources.
- irjustin 6y agoWind being offline, while not majority, was a non-trivial amount, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM.
- suby 6y agoIf the wind infrastructure can be weatherized to effectively prevent such a scenario from happening (which it's my understanding is the case), then the claim that wind is to blame is still an untrue allegation. The blame would lie with not weatherizing the equipment, not with wind.
- jeltz 6y agoIt can't with current technology. Wind can handle cold but not storms. Wind is the hardest power source to protect against the elements.
- missurunha 6y agoWind turbines usually brake after 25m/s wind speeds for safety reasons. They stopped working in Texas cause they were frozen, not because it was too windy.
- coldcode 6y agoClearly this is a Texas only problem, given it works in much colder countries and States. Texas did not want to pay to winterize to maximize profits. Risk reward, a few hundred dead people once in a while vs. profits every year.
- chasd00 6y agoThis is not even close to fair. Everyone is forgetting how exceptional the storm really was. If Miami were hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake would you all be whining about Miami’s building codes?
- Tarragon 6y agoConsidering that this exact thing also happened ten years ago. How exceptional is this kind of storm? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/state-energy-winter-protections-lacking-reports-have-suggested/4490501001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/18/state-...
- chasd00 6y agoi was here for both, what happened then wasn't anywhere near as severe or prolonged.
- totalZero 6y agoI am under the impression that this is an attempt by certain groups to control the narrative, and also to give petroleum producers (the home team down in Texas) a leg up.
- redis_mlc 6y agoI'm curious where you got that impression, since every article admitted that wind transmission being offline was part of the problem with capacity. So where did you get that impression from?
- vkou 6y agoThat is correct, but the issue that the Texas Senate is trying to solve is 'How to best protect the profits of their fossil fuel sponsors.' In that sense, this is exactly the solution they need.