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<blockquote data-quote="Lotta Booze" data-source="post: 781109" data-attributes="member: 4471"><p>There certainly are honest conversations to be had and part of that starts with recognizing that it's a system-wide weakness of the power grid in Texas not just limited to wind energy. </p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-city-deals-with-no-power-no-water-during-big-chill-11613590412" target="_blank">Coal and gas plants shut down - WSJ</a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1361398774216744967?s=20" target="_blank">Natural gas and coal generators shut down due to cold - Gov. Abbott</a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/how-and-why-a-nuclear-reactor-shut-down-in-texas-cold-snap-when-energy-was-needed-most" target="_blank">Nuclear reactor shut down in cold snap - Washington Examiner</a></p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/natural-gas-outage-texas-governor-greg-abbott-1569898" target="_blank">Natural gas lines frozen - Gov. Abbott via Newsweek</a></p><p></p><p>All of that in addition to Texas generally having less capacity in the winter and now being caught off guard. "The state has a generating capacity of about 67,000 megawatts in the winter compared with a peak capacity of about 86,000 megawatts in the summer. The gap between the winter and summer supply reflects power plants going offline for maintenance during months when demand typically is less intense and there’s not as much energy coming from wind and solar sources." <a href="https://apnews.com/article/why-texas-power-grid-failed-2eaa659d2ac29ff87eb9220875f23b34" target="_blank">Link from AP</a></p><p></p><p>Amid all of these system failures due to unprecedented cold that the state was not prepared for, to focus mainly on wind (and not gas which is the largest source) THAT seems to be making it political.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lotta Booze, post: 781109, member: 4471"] There certainly are honest conversations to be had and part of that starts with recognizing that it's a system-wide weakness of the power grid in Texas not just limited to wind energy. [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-city-deals-with-no-power-no-water-during-big-chill-11613590412']Coal and gas plants shut down - WSJ[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1361398774216744967?s=20']Natural gas and coal generators shut down due to cold - Gov. Abbott[/URL] [URL='https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy/how-and-why-a-nuclear-reactor-shut-down-in-texas-cold-snap-when-energy-was-needed-most']Nuclear reactor shut down in cold snap - Washington Examiner[/URL] [URL='https://www.newsweek.com/natural-gas-outage-texas-governor-greg-abbott-1569898']Natural gas lines frozen - Gov. Abbott via Newsweek[/URL] All of that in addition to Texas generally having less capacity in the winter and now being caught off guard. "The state has a generating capacity of about 67,000 megawatts in the winter compared with a peak capacity of about 86,000 megawatts in the summer. The gap between the winter and summer supply reflects power plants going offline for maintenance during months when demand typically is less intense and there’s not as much energy coming from wind and solar sources." [URL='https://apnews.com/article/why-texas-power-grid-failed-2eaa659d2ac29ff87eb9220875f23b34']Link from AP[/URL] Amid all of these system failures due to unprecedented cold that the state was not prepared for, to focus mainly on wind (and not gas which is the largest source) THAT seems to be making it political. [/QUOTE]
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