1/7
Wind power cannot be blamed for electricity outages in Texas. Bad legislation, ownership models and worn out old electricity distribution grids can. Trust me - I come from a country with 50% wind power combined with well run grids and much colder weather (Denmark).
Wind power cannot be blamed for electricity outages in Texas. Bad legislation, ownership models and worn out old electricity distribution grids can. Trust me - I come from a country with 50% wind power combined with well run grids and much colder weather (Denmark).
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1362139461275025411
2/7
Certainly the extreme cold right now is very unusual and also makes it ok with an outage for a few hours. But days is more a systematic failure in my opinion. Also note that this phenomenon is connected to climate change!
Certainly the extreme cold right now is very unusual and also makes it ok with an outage for a few hours. But days is more a systematic failure in my opinion. Also note that this phenomenon is connected to climate change!
3/7
Technically better more efficient buildings would have helped here in such a winter, but also with high cooling demands in the summer.
It's not really new that it gets cold in Texas. Last time was 2011 with 3 million effected for days. Now it's worse with 4 mill.
Technically better more efficient buildings would have helped here in such a winter, but also with high cooling demands in the summer.
It's not really new that it gets cold in Texas. Last time was 2011 with 3 million effected for days. Now it's worse with 4 mill.
4/7
I.e. this was not an unexpected incident that could have been avoided.
@DadePhelan asked what steps regulators & grid operators can take to safeguard the electric grid?
texastribune.org/2021/02/17/tex…
I.e. this was not an unexpected incident that could have been avoided.
@DadePhelan asked what steps regulators & grid operators can take to safeguard the electric grid?
texastribune.org/2021/02/17/tex…
5/7
Well one thing is sure. Markets have to be designed for the purpose and where they function. And electricity grids are a special case being extremely critical infrastructure (should be clear for all by now)
Now back to the false claim that wind power is the problem!
Well one thing is sure. Markets have to be designed for the purpose and where they function. And electricity grids are a special case being extremely critical infrastructure (should be clear for all by now)
Now back to the false claim that wind power is the problem!
6/7
"It appears that wind and solar power produced more electricity this week than they were expected to produce, but at this time of year, that’s a relatively small part of the expected statewide generation. Generation from gas and coal plants was far below expectations...."
"It appears that wind and solar power produced more electricity this week than they were expected to produce, but at this time of year, that’s a relatively small part of the expected statewide generation. Generation from gas and coal plants was far below expectations...."
7/7
".. causing supply to fall as demand rose. How much of that is bad design and how much was operator error is still to be sorted out."
This is a political failure to ensure a regulation that deals with critical infrastructure. NOT a renewable energy problem.
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".. causing supply to fall as demand rose. How much of that is bad design and how much was operator error is still to be sorted out."
This is a political failure to ensure a regulation that deals with critical infrastructure. NOT a renewable energy problem.
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