You are aware that an even larger percentage of power was lost when gas and coal fired plants were forced to close down because of the weather, aren’t you?
I have never heard of gas or coal power plant having to shut down because of cold weather (not that it could not happen but it is funny since the first time I have heard of it is when the green energy power sources failed because of cold.
Please see this post from JD_UTDallas. It explains the issues with natural gas in Texas.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3935278/posts?page=79#79
Frozen windmills are part of the problem, natural gas production problems are a bigger part of the problem. Inadequate winterization of conventional plants is also a problem.
Why do u deserve a reliable source when u post right wing talking points with zero reliable sources?
***I have never heard of gas or coal power plant having to shut down because of cold weather**
The coal plants probably do not shut down but the feeders trip off due to being clogged with ice from the coal pile.
In winter we fought every time there was a storm to keep the unit on line for if it did trip off due to ice then the unit would freeze up and water lines would burst.
One was when the dum bass of a plant manager had us shut down to clean precipitators. He was warned a massive cold spell was coming. His words were ...”Well MY weather man said it will be WARM!”
We shut down and for a week fought freezing and burst pipes while working outside in the blizzard trying to do clean the precipitators.
Startup was a bi*ch as so many of the coal hoppers had ice in them. We opened the feeder. It was so cold we put radiant heaters on the pipe to thaw it, then the ice game loose, and a big slug of coal and ice slid down onto the feeder belt. It took hours with chatter guns to get that big slug out of the way and dry coal flowing onto the belt.
Our plant was designed for Southern Texas. So they built a copy 400 miles to the north. No winterizing at all. We fought cold and ice every year.
Well it turns out to be true. All types of energy production are screwed up. There is a nuclear plant that was closed down because of the cold. Natural gas isn’t flowing due to weather. Simple fact is that the infrastructure inst weatherized against these temps. I love in CA and I am affected because my company has our computer infrastructure there! Spoke to a buddy in out IT. We have sufficient generator capacity to keep us up...but the diesel fuel requires isn’t flowing!