Wind Turbines Didn't Cause Texas Energy Crisis

No, frozen wind turbines aren't to blame for Texas' power outages

Lost wind power was expected to be a fraction of winter generation. All sources — from natural gas, to nuclear, to coal, to solar — have ...

Wind Turbines Didn't Cause Texas Energy Crisis - FactCheck.org

A steep decline in energy generated by fossil fuels and nuclear power plants was largely responsible for the power outages in Texas during the deep freeze.

Fact check: Renewable energy is not to blame for the Texas energy ...

Natural gas, the state's dominant energy source, has provided drastically less energy than expected, according to experts and industry data.

No, The Power Crisis In Texas Wasn't Caused By Renewables Failing

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed renewable energy sources for the blackouts that have hit the state. In fact, they were caused by a systemwide failure across ...

Wind energy didn't cause the Texas blackouts. So what did?

In Texas, wind turbines as well as coal and natural gas plants failed in extreme cold. Failure to build infrastructure to stand up to freezing temperatures was ...

Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state's power grid ...

Texas officials knew winter storms could leave the state's power grid vulnerable, but they left the choice to prepare for harsh weather up ...

The Texas Power Crisis Didn't Have to Happen - ASME

February 2021 power outage in Texas was a rerun of a previous winter blackout from 2011. Here's how it could have been averted.

What Caused the Blackouts in Texas? - The New York Times

The state's widespread electricity failure was largely caused by freezing natural gas pipelines. That didn't stop advocates for fossil fuels ...

No, renewable energy like wind didn't 'thrust' Texas into blackouts

Gov. Greg Abbott tied the Texas power outage to renewable energy resources while on Sean Hannity's Fox News program this week.

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.

Wind Power Isn't To Blame For Texas' Electricity Crisis - Forbes

Some observers have blamed frozen wind turbines for the power crisis, but state energy officials say Texas' wind farms are a relatively small part of the ...

Fact-checking claims about Texas wind power amid blackouts

Many Texas Republicans have been placing blame of Texas' blackouts squarely on renewable energy. Is that true?

No, frozen wind turbines aren't the main culprit for Texas' power ...

An official with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Tuesday afternoon that 16 gigawatts of renewable energy generation, mostly wind ...

One Year Later: The Texas Freeze Revealed a Fragile Energy ...

Power outages in February 2021 were largely a failure of the natural gas system, a reality that state officials don't acknowledge, blaming wind energy instead.

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

Conservative politicians are blaming renewable energy for Texas' catastrophic power failures. The state's electric grid operator and ...

Texas Power Crisis: Lawmakers Falsely Blame Frozen Windmills

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and other Republican lawmakers are falsely fingering wind turbines as the reasons millions are without power.

green energy Archives - FactCheck.org

A: Like all energy sources, wind farms have some negative environmental impacts. But getting energy from wind farms results in dramatically lower greenhouse gas ...

Texas weather: Are frozen wind turbines to blame for power cuts?

Critics of green energy in the United States have blamed the failure of wind turbines for the power shortages in Texas during the recent freezing conditions ...

Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind ...

Rick Perry says Texans would accept even longer power outages 'to ...

Texas Gov. Abbott blames solar and wind for the blackouts in his state and says "this shows how the Green New Deal would be a deadly deal for the United States ...