Don’t get smug, Michigan. It can happen to you as well.
Nobody expects once in 100 year storms.
Oh, no smugness. It is an answer to the question. We do not want the darn things ruining the views to be honest.
Why would Texas windmills need a “cold package” if it rarely gets cold enough for them? Same with water pipes, and natural gas pipes. There would be extra costs not really needed.
“Don’t get smug, Michigan. It can happen to you as well.”
Texas screwed up in countless ways. For starters if Texas was tied into other states power grid none of this would have happened. By being “Independent” it will cost you more in the long run.
I drove through W.Va 3 days ago. 30+ windmills on one ridge were working just fine in 5 degree weather and snow coming down like hades.
You’re both missing the point.
Yeah, Texas’s weasel guvs caved by having wind widely installed, but the Biden admin stopped the state from cranking up its own traditional sources until too late on this planned disaster.
It was Fed caused, not just some freak of nature or inappropriate wind tech.
All wind turbines in all northern-midwest states have de-icers and cold weather options. They are designed and maintained (lubricants) for reliable operation down to -30F.
We get “100 year storms” every other year and stay nice and toasty.
Texas reaped what it sowed.
A similar set of conditions hit north Texas in 2011. Not once in a century.
But no one expected them to do the stupidest thing - turn off power to natural gas wells as “industrial” and then be surprised they didn’t have gas for homes or natural gas power plants.