GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

And while the state’s 22-gigawatt wind power fleet has faced problems stemming from icing of wind turbine blades and relatively low wind conditions that have reduced its ability to contribute to the grid, the primary failure is from the state’s natural-gas, coal and nuclear generator fleet, according to ERCOT data.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The catastrophic breakdown of Texas’ natural gas and electricity system last week lacks a single villain to blame for it all. “We set up rules very deliberately to say, 'Give us the cheapest gas, power and water you can get, and don’t bother me about all that other stuff,'” she said.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But these attacks have run up against the cold fact that the state’s natural gas infrastructure was central to its broader grid failure. Similar cold-weather failures in 1989 and 2011 led to investigations that cited the state’s lack of insulation or heating for key control and cooling systems as a cause of the failures.

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