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Offline PeteS in CA

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Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« on: February 15, 2021, 05:49:38 pm »
Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/

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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.

As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas' installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don't typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.

I don't know how unusual the current freezing weather is in Texas, but at the least this is another insoluble dependability problem with windmills. They are, by definition, exposed to the weather.

I wonder how many other states have this problem with their bird-chopper installations.
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2021, 05:52:29 pm »
What else did the idiots that approved and installed them expect?
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2021, 06:01:38 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on February 15, 2021, 05:52:29 pm
What else did the idiots that approved and installed them expect?

Or snow covered solar panels....

Envirowhackos have an inherenet level of idiotic thought where they can't figure one step ahead of and leve of practicality. Sadly, they are getting a toe hold and are taking up back to the 19th century, while millions will freeze, go hungry, and die.
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2021, 06:17:25 pm »
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Drone deicing frozen turbines.

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https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1361374860547678209

1:00 PM · Feb 15, 2021·Twitter for iPhone
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2021, 06:19:09 pm »
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2021, 06:20:41 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on February 15, 2021, 06:17:25 pm
@amuse
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Drone deicing frozen turbines.

Video:

https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1361374860547678209

1:00 PM · Feb 15, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

And Twitter censures almost all the responses as offensive.  Though 90% aren't.  No agenda there huh?   :silly:
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2021, 06:29:59 pm »
Quote from: IsailedawayfromFR on February 15, 2021, 05:52:29 pm
What else did the idiots that approved and installed them expect?

Federal, state, and local subsidies for all eternity.
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Re: Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2021, 04:23:39 am »

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