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Wasn't the issue with Texas that renewables were behaving as expected (unfortunately not producing a lot of electricity), but fossil fuel power sources were fai

by danhor 3y ago

Wasn't the issue with Texas that renewables were behaving as expected (unfortunately not producing a lot of electricity), but fossil fuel power sources were failing unexpectedly due to the freezes? Thus the issue not being renwables. I'm also surprised at the mention of a coal renaissance in germany. While coal isn't reduced as much as it should, all the data I found pointed to a continual downwards trend over the last years.

joecool1029 3y ago
> Thus the issue not being renwables. I never said renewables were a problem in Texas, I said the general energy policy is stupid. >While coal isn't reduced as much as it should, all the data I found pointed to a continual downwards trend over the last years. Until Ukraine war banned them buying coal and gas from Russia, now they need to produce it domestically. https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-energy-u-turn-coal-instead-of-gas/a-62709160 https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-energy-u-turn-coal-instead-of... and https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/energy-crisis-fuels-coal-comeback-germany-2022-12-16/ https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/energy-crisis-fu...