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Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts


From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 06:36:45 +0200



On 2/16/21 06:34, Cory Sell wrote:

Ercot has already released actual documentation of the outputs. Wind is NOT the biggest loss here. Even if wind was operating at 100% capacity, we’d be in the same boat due to gas and fossil fuel-related generation being decimated. Estimated 4GW lost for wind doesn’t make up for the 30GW+ estimated being lost from fossil fuels.

I only interject because people are already pointing their fingers at renewables being the cause here and trying to pawn off the blame to wind/solar to further their agendas to reduce renewable energy R&D and adoption. Sure, wind isn’t perfect, but looks like solution relied on failed in a massive way.

That much generation loss from a wind farm would surprise me.

Mark.


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