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Winter storms have halved the output of Texas’ wind turbines over the weekend; the winter weather leaving between 2.5 and 3.5 million people without power. Rotating power outages were initiated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) early Monday, with thousands going without electricity for periods of time as temperatures fell into the teens near Dallas and 20s around Houston.<\/p>\n
Renewable resource? Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
Over 2.5 million people in Texas have been left without power from the storm’s frigid temperatures<\/em><\/p>\n By Lucas Manfredi<\/strong> ERCOT told the Austin American Statesman that roughly 12,000 megawatts of Texas’ wind generation capacity had been hampered as of Sunday due to frozen wind turbines. However, they also noted that unfrozen wind turbines are spinning at a higher rate than expected, helping to offset the losses.<\/p>\n ERCOT operates Texas’ electric grid and manages the deregulated energy market for 75% of the state,<\/p>\n “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,” ERCOT senior director of system operations Dan Woodfin told the outlet. “It’s certainly more than what we would typically assume.”<\/p>\n It is estimated between 2.5 and 3.5 million people in Texas have been left without power amid the storm’s frigid temperatures. An ERCOT spokesperson did not immediately return FOX Business’ request for comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Solar power will step up and fill the breach. Oh, wait. Read the entire article here: Fox Business News<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nAbout half of Texas’ wind power generation capacity has been put on ice amid the state’s historic winter storm, according to a report.<\/p>\n