Report: Nearly Half Of Texas’ Wind Power Offline Because Of Frozen Turbines

Democrats on the “Green New Deal”: let’s go all in on green energy because it’s the energy of the future.

Also, headline from the Austin American Statesman: “Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says”.

So when it hits the fan, you can’t could on those wind turbines for power.

From the Statesman article:

“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...

The frozen turbines come as low temperatures strain the state's power grid and force operators to call for immediate statewide conservation efforts, like unplugging non-essential appliances, turning down residential heaters and minimize use of electric lighting.” 

As The Czar pointed out on the show this morning:

“...when you start having a conversation with people who are sitting in the cold and wondering when their power is going to come on, you stop worrying so much about global warming.. and green new deals...when you actually need it, you stop thinking ‘well, we do need something to save the earth."