Posted on 02/19/2021 4:14:05 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
As record-breaking cold swept across Texas this week, millions of people were left shivering in the dark as the state’s power grid failed to meet the surging demand for electricity, crippled by temperatures in the single digits.
So why does the power continue to work in places like Wisconsin, where bitter cold is a way of life? The reason is simple: Generators in the Upper Midwest are designed to work in frigid conditions, unlike those in Texas.
“We designed all our infrastructure for these bitter-cold temperatures,” said Paul Wilson, a professor of nuclear engineering at UW-Madison who studies electrical systems.
(Excerpt) Read more at madison.com ...
Solar contributed 1% of the power generated each day this week.
Wind about 8%
Wind is supposed to be 24%
Well it seems like both types of things occurred. They had pictures of frozen areas of open air generator sets or distribution setups in the article.
Oh my! I bow to your superiority 🙄
But, I’ll still choose Texas
Now, let’s see the Wisconsin grid hold up over four months of a Texas summer.
It won’t.
Wisconsin does not try and implement green energy idiocy in their energy mix
1. I read that FEMA sent about 6 truck mounted generators to TX. I have no idea how accurate this info was but it doesn't really matter. If every portable generator in the the US was sent it wouldn't have been enough.
2. TX is area wise too large to rapidly insert generators into every corner and the capacity is too large. The area of TX is about the same size as Germany. About 3/4 of the state was affected by the snow and ice. The whole state plus northern Mexico was affected by the cold and blackouts. Note that the TX grid also includes a large slice of eastern OK. OK was colder and snowier than TX. Most of TX had 1 storm. Most OK had 2 storms. Give Okies some love - They coped.
3. FEMA can respond after the disaster is over with, not while it is ongoing. The first days of a disaster, people and local governments are on their own.
My opinions...
Already done that dirtboy. We've had long hot spells in the past.
I don't necessarily disagree with that, but (in my opinion), you have to operate within the normal distribution of risk.
Accounting for outliers (like this) are incredibly expensive. If you want to protect against them, ok fine. But be prepared to pony up the money.
> Let’s ask the folks who’ve spent the last three
> days without power.
Right, because we can’t ask the people who died...
Hence the hullabaloo. Obama's buds built the windmills in TX for the average winter to put extra $$ in their pockets. In FL they don't build houses to withstand the last hurricane they build them to withstand the worst hurricane.
BINGO!
Yes, well, the price of gasoline has gone up 60 cents here in SE Wisconsin since El Supremo took office last month.
The reason is simple: Generators in the Upper Midwest are designed to work in frigid conditions, unlike those in Texas.
“We designed all our infrastructure for these bitter-cold temperatures,” said Paul Wilson, a professor of nuclear engineering at UW-Madison who studies electrical systems.
It’s been reported Texas ordered their wind turbines without the cold weather equipment
I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but (in my opinion), you have to operate within the normal distribution of risk.
Accounting for outliers (like this) are incredibly expensive. If you want to protect against them, ok fine. But be prepared to pony up the money.
IMO, that's good enough reason to fire the person in charge.
Was freezing rain involved. I live in Oklahoma. We were lucky, just cold and mostly snow. Not much ice this time. Nothing works when you get a big ice storm.
Yeah - the power grid in Texas went to crap in the 5 years Abbot’s been Governor - riiight?
I think the concept is to prepare/build for the worst possible conditions.. While relatively rare, Texas can expect some serious conditions from time to time and it bit them.
If Trump was still President all media would be blaming him for the cold weather in Texas.
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