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Wednesday morning more than 1.3 million electric power customers across Texas remain without power during the coldest winter storm in decades. Gov. Greg Abbott put all of Texas’ 254 counties under a disaster declaration as the state has been hammered with a series of major and historic winter storms. The reasons for the collapse of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid are still being debated, and it’s certain that there is more than one cause and more information will come out.But one of the most contested issues is the role wind generation has played. Prior to the onset...

WHEN the Russians start complaining about the weather, you know you're in trouble. For several days now, nighttime temperatures in Moscow have plummeted below minus 30oC and, by the time you read this, the Russian capital will be gripped by its lowest-ever figure, minus 41¡C. The average Brit will never feel cold like this. And let me tell you, you don't want to. First, your nostrils freeze, causing your nose to itch uncontrollably and making every breath painful. Then frost attaches itself to your eyelashes, which freeze into an icy lump that scratches your eyeball each time you blink. Any...