When you think of Texas, you think of a state full of oil and natural gas, so why are Texans experiencing energy blackouts in the midst of the coldest weather they had seen in decades. The answer: thinking green. Nearly half of Texas’ windmills that provide a significant percentage of the state’s electrical power froze up.
Green energy didn’t cause the freeze of course, that was caused by man-made Global Warming (sarcasm). But this green energy failure is causing people to suffer the consequences of the freeze.
The Houston Chronicle explains:
Natural gas shortages and frozen wind turbines were already curtailing power output when the Arctic blast began knocking generators offline early Monday morning.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, which is responsible for scheduling power and ensuring the reliability of the electrical network, declared a statewide power generation shortfall emergency and asked electricity delivery companies to reduce load through controlled outages.
More than 4 million customers were without power in Texas, including some 1.2 million in the Houston area, the worst power crisis in the state in a decade. The forced outages are expected to last at least through part of Tuesday, the state grid manager said.
READ: What went wrong with the Texas power grid? AND Historic winter storm freezes Texas wind turbines; millions without power
Of course, this is not the first time we have heard about the failure of Green Energy. It also happened last year in the midst of a California heat wave. READ: California Suffers 2nd Day of Blackouts as Wind, Solar Power Falter AND: Why California’s Climate Policies Are Causing Electricity Blackouts
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