Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[lostcreekranch]

That is what the article you linked to stated. Did you not read it? Plus I have heard/read many people say the same, no new power plant in decades yet the population is sky rocketing. We actually had rolling blackout concerns in the DFW area years ago during that long stretch of 100+ degrees in the summer. Even then it was mentioned how we need more power plants to handle all the businesses and population in DFW and surrounding areas. We are already piping in some water from Oklahoma to help meet that demand.




Again the article even states that power plant is for SE Texas.

It's an interconnected system .. a "grid".

 

[lostcreekranch]

 

[two_bit_score]

El Paso's not seeing power outages like the rest of Texas - here's why - KVIA

Not all of Texas is on the same grid.

Hope people finally realize that solar panels and windmills are not reliable for electrical power.

Get the natural gas flowing in those pipelines!

 

[two_bit_score]

Very similar to Texas in this photo.

The wind turbines are all frozen. The solar panels covered with snow.

Green Energy fails.

 

[BrentB]

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Very similar to Texas in this photo.

The wind turbines are all frozen. The solar panels covered with snow.

Green Energy fails.

So how does a wind turbine freeze up? Does it mean ice on the blades making them to heavy, not aerodynamic, or unbalanced? Or does it somehow actually freeze and prevent rotation?

 

[two_bit_score]

This is a pretty good explainer.


Why Does Texas Have Its Own Power Grid? | The Texas Tribune


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[rswyan]

So how does a wind turbine freeze up? Does it mean ice on the blades making them to heavy, not aerodynamic, or unbalanced? Or does it somehow actually freeze and prevent rotation?

Some of the issues are discussed in the article at the following link ... as well as some of the preventative measures/solutions that can be used/implemented to mitigate extreme cold weather events:

Prepare Your Renewable Plant for Cold Weather Operations

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just Watched TUCKER from yesterday (Monday) night. Rather interesting commentary on The Green New Deal and TEXAS.

Terrible how it seems that politics and big money has taken over common sense. Or is that just to be taken for granted?

 

[cqaigy2]

I suspect greed has alot to do with Texas's problem right now. Everyone wants cheap power, so don't prepare it for cold temps and unregulated cost have sky rocketed the cost of wholesale power. People north of Texas run windmills year round, and you'd think with windpower only a 25% share, that even if they were all down, it could be made with other sources.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Stupid notion, but you might almost think they are being punished, like others these days. Unity, healing and all that.