I wonder how many wind turbines and solar panels are working under 40 inches of snow. Yeah, you heard right, 3ft 4 inches of snow.

[Kilroy2]

Report from Texas.

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says​

Brandon Mulder
Austin American-Statesman

source please as there is no source listed in the post

Still frozen rain is going to cause problems in any source of energy

power lines can go down from freezing rain , etc, etc, etc

Scary Ways Cold Temperatures Affect Gas Power Plants & Their Workers

When companies aren’t willing to winterize natural gas power plants, workers and their communities pay the price.

www.arnolditkin.com

 

[Robert W]

So are you saying in the years prior to renewable energy, that there never been a power outage. Do you really need proof of that?

Gee the proof is in the Texas example

If renewables only provide 25 % of the mix then it is obvious that gas and coal are providing the other 75 percent of energy

So if the grid fails then it also fails for traditional sources of energy. Common sense is always pretty obvious.

The grid has parts that function as a whole

No, absolutely not. The Texas grid operator reported the failure was with their wind farms.

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says​

Brandon Mulder
Austin American-Statesman

Nearly half of Texas' installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators.

Wind farms across the state generate up to a combined 25,100 megawatts of energy. But unusually moist winter conditions in West Texas brought on by the weekend's freezing rain and historically low temperatures have iced many of those wind turbines to a halt.

As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas' installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don't typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.

 

[Robert W]

source please as there is no source listed in the post

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says

Texas grid operators urge conservation as frozen wind turbines freeze up electric generation.

www.statesman.com

 

[Robert W]

So are you saying in the years prior to renewable energy, that there never been a power outage. Do you really need proof of that?

Gee the proof is in the Texas example

If renewables only provide 25 % of the mix then it is obvious that gas and coal are providing the other 75 percent of energy

So if the grid fails then it also fails for traditional sources of energy. Common sense is always pretty obvious.

The grid has parts that function as a whole

Wind in TX does not provide that much power. But when wind stops, as it does when iced up, it matters a lot.

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says

Texas grid operators urge conservation as frozen wind turbines freeze up electric generation.

www.statesman.com

As millions of Texans remain without power amid freezing temperatures, Gov. Greg Abbott has called for reform to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the agency in charge of the state's power grid.

While power is being restored to some Texans, ERCOT has not said when they expect the rest of the blackouts to stop. Texas is one of just a few states who have its own power grid.

While on Fox News political commentator Sean Hannity's primetime program Tuesday night, Abbot said renewable energy plants in the state had failed to generate power under the bitterly cold weather, adding that "fossil fuel is necessary for the state of Texas."

 

[Robert W]

So are you saying in the years prior to renewable energy, that there never been a power outage. Do you really need proof of that?

Gee the proof is in the Texas example

If renewables only provide 25 % of the mix then it is obvious that gas and coal are providing the other 75 percent of energy

So if the grid fails then it also fails for traditional sources of energy. Common sense is always pretty obvious.

The grid has parts that function as a whole

Have you proof that it was the gas fired or the LNG or thermal fired that stopped?

As recently as one month ago, operators of the state electric grid offered a sunny assessment about the preparedness of Texas power plants for winter storms, according to documents obtained by the American-Statesman.

The “review of plants indicates that the majority of plants are following their weatherization plans,” says the Extreme Weather Reliability Assessment, filed with the Texas Public Utility Commission on Jan. 15 by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid operator.

"We studied a range of potential risks under both normal and extreme conditions," Pete Warnken, ERCOT's manager of resource adequacy, said in its Seasonal Assessment for Resource Adequacy prepared in November, "and believe there is sufficient generation to adequately serve our customers."

 

[Kilroy2]

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says

Texas grid operators urge conservation as frozen wind turbines freeze up electric generation.

www.statesman.com

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says

Texas grid operators urge conservation as frozen wind turbines freeze up electric generation.

www.statesman.com

My guess you just read the first line

first this is a story from 2 years ago

As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas' installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don't typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.

Fortunately for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state's electric grid, the storm's gusty winds are spinning the state's unfrozen coastal turbines at a higher rate than expected, helping to offset some of the power generation losses because of the icy conditions.


"This is a unique winter storm that's more widespread with lots of moisture in West Texas, where there's a lot of times not a lot of moisture," said Dan Woodfin, Senior Director of System Operations for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. "It's certainly more than what we would typically assume."

In Austin, wind power supplies roughly 19% of the city's energy demands

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwriiYMrWG5lS9QXFahXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1702939948/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.arnolditkin.com%2fblog%2fplant-accidents%2fthe-effects-of-cold-weather-on-natural-gas-power%2f/RK=2/RS=NtQNtwbFpoHGd9_XFgQmR3llT.M-

cold weather affect natural gas plants so stuff happens

Its not a reason to complain

 

[Robert W]

My guess you just read the first line

first this is a story from 2 years ago

As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas' installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don't typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.

Fortunately for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state's electric grid, the storm's gusty winds are spinning the state's unfrozen coastal turbines at a higher rate than expected, helping to offset some of the power generation losses because of the icy conditions.


"This is a unique winter storm that's more widespread with lots of moisture in West Texas, where there's a lot of times not a lot of moisture," said Dan Woodfin, Senior Director of System Operations for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. "It's certainly more than what we would typically assume."

In Austin, wind power supplies roughly 19% of the city's energy demands

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwriiYMrWG5lS9QXFahXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1702939948/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.arnolditkin.com%2fblog%2fplant-accidents%2fthe-effects-of-cold-weather-on-natural-gas-power%2f/RK=2/RS=NtQNtwbFpoHGd9_XFgQmR3llT.M-

cold weather affect natural gas plants so stuff happens

Its not a reason to complain

Wait, nobody complained about the wind turbines that were able to deice. It seems you complain more about the Natural gas fired and the thermal fired plants. Wonder why that is?

Electric grids must be constantly balanced. Since AC current can't be stored, it must be used when available. And if needs overpower a AC system, down it goes.

Bit the Grid operators know all about this. But turbines must work when asked to work. And far too many turbines in TX simply did not do the job. Some did do their jobs and one presumes those had heated propellers.

 

[Robert W]

My guess you just read the first line

first this is a story from 2 years ago

As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas' installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don't typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.

Fortunately for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state's electric grid, the storm's gusty winds are spinning the state's unfrozen coastal turbines at a higher rate than expected, helping to offset some of the power generation losses because of the icy conditions.


"This is a unique winter storm that's more widespread with lots of moisture in West Texas, where there's a lot of times not a lot of moisture," said Dan Woodfin, Senior Director of System Operations for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. "It's certainly more than what we would typically assume."

In Austin, wind power supplies roughly 19% of the city's energy demands

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwriiYMrWG5lS9QXFahXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1702939948/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.arnolditkin.com%2fblog%2fplant-accidents%2fthe-effects-of-cold-weather-on-natural-gas-power%2f/RK=2/RS=NtQNtwbFpoHGd9_XFgQmR3llT.M-

cold weather affect natural gas plants so stuff happens

Its not a reason to complain

Manjula was one of 246 people who officially died as a result of the storm, during which millions of Texans lost power. The 85-year-old developed hypothermia in the cold and was rushed to the hospital. It was too late.Aug 5, 2022

Texas has an official death count from the 2021 blackout. The ...​

 

[Robert W]

My guess you just read the first line

first this is a story from 2 years ago

As of Sunday morning, those iced turbines comprise 12,000 megawatts of Texas' installed wind generation capacity, although those West Texas turbines don't typically spin to their full generation capacity this time of year.

Fortunately for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state's electric grid, the storm's gusty winds are spinning the state's unfrozen coastal turbines at a higher rate than expected, helping to offset some of the power generation losses because of the icy conditions.


"This is a unique winter storm that's more widespread with lots of moisture in West Texas, where there's a lot of times not a lot of moisture," said Dan Woodfin, Senior Director of System Operations for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. "It's certainly more than what we would typically assume."

In Austin, wind power supplies roughly 19% of the city's energy demands

https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwriiYMrWG5lS9QXFahXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzIEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1702939948/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fwww.arnolditkin.com%2fblog%2fplant-accidents%2fthe-effects-of-cold-weather-on-natural-gas-power%2f/RK=2/RS=NtQNtwbFpoHGd9_XFgQmR3llT.M-

cold weather affect natural gas plants so stuff happens

Its not a reason to complain

Again no, which is why I posted from that source and not some other source.