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Half of Texas Wind Turbines Freeze, Hurting Electricity Output
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| 15 Feb 2021
Posted on 02/15/2021 4:45:26 PM PST by nagant
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To: ncalburt
Grid not grind .
Feel sorry for our freepers in texas and Okla.
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:10:33 PM PST
by
ncalburt
(Gop DC Globalist)
To: nagant
Half of Texas Wind Turbines Freeze
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:15:07 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Celebrate Decivilization)
To: Bonemaker
How involved was T Boone in bringing wind to the great state of Texas?
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:24:14 PM PST
by
zek157
Texas Oil, Cotton, Wind Farms
![](https://cdn.quickelectricity.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/West-Texas-Wind-and-Cotton-Farming-e1591736468880-932x430.jpg)
A little dated...
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:25:23 PM PST
by
deport
( )
To: zek157
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:33:55 PM PST
by
deport
( )
To: fuzzylogic
There are turbines all over Iowa, Illinois, and the upper Midwest and they don’t freeze up like this, so evidently there are design differences.
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:39:05 PM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan. )
To: nagant
For the money those big ones cost, especially for government, you’d think they could have put heaters in them.
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:40:54 PM PST
by
Pollard
(Bunch of curmudgeons)
To: deport
Did you even read what you posted?
Boone's plan went forward anyway so he did this “sanctimonious” middle-man stance that attempted to placate both sides when the damage was already done AND EXPANDED.
To: TexasM1A
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:44:51 PM PST
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: deport
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:48:49 PM PST
by
zek157
To: nagant
I live in the DFW area and rolling blackouts began at 2 am and continued to 7 am. Unfortunately at that point the rolling blackout became a permanent blackout.
10 hours later I got through to Oncor to report our outage. Its down to about 50 degrees inside the house. Oncor unable to give me an update on my outage.
A mile or so down the road the power is on, but nothing in my neighborhood.
Fast food joints have lines backed out into the main road so it was peanut butter and jelly for dinner tonight.
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:50:00 PM PST
by
hirn_man
To: Nextrush
Is there anything more of a blight on the land? Ugly, ugly waste of land. We’ve flown miles and miles across this great country and it’s disgusting to see all these windmills (most aren’t even turning ).
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posted on
02/15/2021 5:57:33 PM PST
by
lilypad
To: deport
“A little dated...”
No, a lot dated. This is a little dated:
Texas produces the most wind power of any U.S. state.[1][3] According to ERCOT (Energy Reliability Council of Texas), wind power accounted for at least 15.7% of the electricity generated in Texas during 2017, as wind was 17.4% of electricity generated in ERCOT, which manages 90% of Texas’s power.[4][5]
Fly over west Texas or north Texas and look down. You can’t miss them.
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posted on
02/15/2021 6:02:42 PM PST
by
nagant
To: nagant
And the kicker for all of this is there was a coal powered plant less than 10 miles from my house that was shut down due to being dirty power. Sure would be nice to have it online now.
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posted on
02/15/2021 6:07:49 PM PST
by
hirn_man
To: lilypad
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posted on
02/15/2021 6:08:11 PM PST
by
Nextrush
(FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
To: hirn_man
And they have plans to shutter more. Comforting thought, isn’t it?
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posted on
02/15/2021 6:10:56 PM PST
by
BipolarBob
(Have you or a loved one fallen victim to Gorilla Glue as a hair product? It's not your fault! )
To: hirn_man
Power co do it during hurricanes too .
Power is on near schools fire station police stations and food and gas .
Your power is out down the street .
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posted on
02/15/2021 6:11:09 PM PST
by
ncalburt
(Gop DC Globalist)
To: ClearCase_guy
Why isn’t Horseface Kerry and his unemployed pipeline workers down in Texas with heaters melting that ice off the Wind Turbines?
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posted on
02/15/2021 6:40:54 PM PST
by
chopperk
( )
To: bigbob
There are turbines all over Iowa, Illinois, and the upper Midwest and they don’t freeze up like this, so evidently there are design differences. The gear boxes are heated by power from the grid and they generally punp the oil with grid power although the pump can use a battery. No heater, then no lubrication.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:06:13 PM PST
by
palmer
(Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
To: nagant
With rolling black outs in Texas you have to expect lots of people to die from exposure tonight. Who gets held responsible? This isn’t an accident, an oversight or miscalculation. The people who make these decisions aren’t stupid. They know precisely the risks and they don’t care.
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posted on
02/15/2021 7:13:49 PM PST
by
Paco
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