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Extreme weather events tend to cause issues for all kinds of power generation, including the so called non-intermittent ones. For example the extreme (for the l

• fastball 5y ago
  I'm not seeing that the nuclear plant shut down due to the cold?
  • Retric 5y ago
    Look at the red line it dips at on the second Monday just like coal and natural gas. The drop wasn’t as severe, but it was significant and lasted several days.
  • gpm 5y ago
    Here's an article on the nuclear plant specifically: https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/how-and-why-a-nuclear-reactor-shut-down-in-texas-cold-snap-when-energy-was-needed-most/ar-BB1dLDPt https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/how-and-why-a-n...
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• nightski 5y ago
  Yet somehow in North Dakota where we can see -50F or lower in the winter and over 100F in the summer, our power sources are reliable and stable.
  • gpm 5y ago
    Right, the "for the location" is important here. It's that they weren't prepared for the cold, not that they couldn't be. Likewise we could make power stations that could withstand hurricanes, or earthquakes, or tsunamis, and so on. We don't usually though, it's too expensive (not to defend the decision not to weather proof more in this case, it wasn't really that far outside of the expected operating conditions as I understand the situation).
    • imtringued 5y ago
      Then your nuclear plant gets destroyed by a tsunami and you have created a generation of people who hate nuclear power.
• Paradigma11 5y ago
  The difference is that winterizing a nuclear power plant is not that hard. Keeping wind turbines going for weeks in a lull seems harder.