Winterizing Texas's wind turbines remains a question

Winter preparedness not mandatory at Texas power plants and ...

“The lack of any state, regional or Reliability Standards that directly require generators to perform winterization left winter-readiness ...

Natural gas, not wind turbines, main driver of Texas power shortage

When a rare blast of Arctic air and ice hit Texas and resulted in a massive power outage, the critics of wind power were quick to focus on ...

Why Texas's Power Grid Still Hasn't Been Fixed | The New Yorker

In the aftermath, Governor Abbott blamed the grid failure on renewable energy. (He later walked this claim back.) But iced-over wind turbines ...

Texas winter storms: Who will pay to weatherize the grid?

Cost of weatherization ... Costs remain an open question, but it could run as much as $1 million per electric generation unit to weatherize, ...

How Do Wind Turbines Survive Severe Weather and Storms?

Modern wind farms are reliable, safe, state-of-the-art power plants with well-tested technologies that meet approved standards and hundreds of ...

Why wind turbines thrive in Antarctica and colder places than Texas

Wind turbines, which weren't responsible for the Texas energy crisis, regularly operate in freezing conditions and can be weatherized for ...

Texas power struggle: How the nation's top wind power state turned ...

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What should Texas do with its old wind turbine blades?

The U.S. currently has very little regulation regarding the disposal of wind turbine blades. Adding to the problem is the fact that blades have ...

Texas electrical grid remains vulnerable to extreme weather events

The Texas deep freeze in February 2021 exposed the inability of the state's energy supply chain to withstand extremely cold temperatures.

The Texas energy system faces a winter reckoning — again

In the wake of the storm, the governor and other Texas lawmakers incorrectly blamed the blackouts on underperforming wind turbines, though the ...

The Texas State Senate – Press Items: Senator Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa

When electric generators are told they should take certain actions, like winterizing their power plants, but that simply remains a suggestion, then most ...

Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric ...

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 ...

Texas tells power plants to be winter-ready. But how to prepare is up ...

But power generators are not required to take specific steps to winterize their equipment, such as adding deicing machines on wind turbines or ...

Don't blame wind turbines for Texas' historic power outages

Frozen wind turbines across the state led some conservative politicians to declare that renewable energy is responsible for the catastrophic power failures and ...

Were Frozen Wind Turbines in Texas a Major Factor in Power ...

Frozen turbines were still an issue for the state, because it was unprepared for the winter ice and snow. Turbines can be “winterized,” or ...

Photo does not show a helicopter de-icing a wind turbine in Texas

As subfreezing temperatures swept the U.S., false claims circulated on social media blaming frozen wind turbines for widespread power ...

Texas Wind Energy and the Missing Money Problem

While wind energy has many benefits, it also poses unique challenges to the reliability of the grid in the context of Texas's “deregulated” energy market. These ...

The Texas GOP's War on Renewable Energy

Wind and solar energy were volatile, putting a strain on the grid, the Austin-based group argued. In other words, TPPF's Brent Bennett said in ...

TEXAS - What happens when wind turbines defrost? - Cotes

TEXAS - What happens when wind turbines defrost? ; The cold snap that sent Texas and some surrounding states like Oklahoma into ; Electric Reliability Council of ...

Texas wind farms face billion-dollar losses from blackouts in 'illegal ...

Dozens of wind farms in Texas have been left reeling from billions of dollars of losses incurred during last month's state-wide electrical grid failure.