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Massive Texas gas failure during climate extremes gets blamed on wind power – RenewEconomy
A massive blackout has hit Texas due to climate-related weather extremes. Renewables are being blamed: it’s 2016 all over again.
It’s only been a half year since blackouts spread across California during intense summer heat. Those blackouts were immediately blamed on renewable energy; of course it turned out later on that a string of failures in the state’s gas plants were to blame. In fact, it turned out later on that a major part of those blackouts was an instance of a misheard verbal instruction issued to a gas generator. Instead of turning up as instructed, they decreased their output. And it’s five years since South…
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