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Widespread Power Outages in Texas as Renewable Energy FAILS
So what happens to the US Power Grid when all energy comes from "Reliable" renewable energy sources. How stable will power grids be when shorter daylight hours in winter and frozen wind turbines reduce power generating capacity? We won't be able to use backup fossil fuel generators since they will be banned.

Quote:Nearly half of Texas' installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators.

Wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy. But unusually moist winter conditions in West Texas brought on by the weekend's freezing rain and historically low temperatures have iced many of those wind turbines to a halt.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/202...483230001/
02-15-2021 11:05 AM
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