The polar vortex has temperatures here double digits below zero tonight and there is very little wind. It would be mightily cold in our homes if we had to depend on solar farms and windmills for heat tonight.
Solar and wind are 45% percent of the total grid right now this second for Texas ERCOT.
Here is the free version of what power professionals see in real time.
https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
Wind peaked at 2045 yesterday and was 51% of the total grid load at time. Solar peaked at 0900 yesterday and was 26 percent of the grid while at the same time wind was at 30% for a total of 59%.
Flat out your prior opinion based in zero data is wrong and the numbers conclusively show it. In the last week since we have had two frontal systems come through wind has been as high as 65% of the total grid load and has been above 40% total load for 24 hour blocks at a time. Go look at the real data directly from the entity that
Supplies all the power to Texas.