Some reports here of terrible blackouts for days in Texas and other states in the US during the heavy winter storm this week. But first, here is one article last year praising wind "blowing away" coal.
Texas Power Generation: Did Coal Get Blown Away By Wind?
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Chief Energy Officer and Ed Hirs, Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Houston Energy Fellows
Jan 13, 2020,10:33am EST
https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2020/01/13/texas-power-generation--did-coal-get-blown-away-by-wind/?sh=56aff99c2899
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"Power Bills To The Moon": Chaos, Shock As
Electricity Prices Across US Explode
Tyler Durden SUNDAY,
FEB 14, 2021 - 9:33
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/power-bills-moon-chaos-shock-electricity-prices-across-us-explode
U.S. Energy Crisis Deepens With Nearly 5 Million in the
Dark
Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik Feb 15, 2021
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-15/winter-s-fury-unleashes-brutal-cold-over-u-s-with-more-to-come
Frozen wind turbines hamper Texas power output, state's electric grid operator says
Brandon Mulder Austin American-Statesman Feb 15, 2021
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/02/14/historic-winter-storm-freezes-texas-wind-turbines-hampering-electric-generation/4483230001/
People Are Comparing Texas’ Winter Storm To The Day After
Tomorrow
EDWARD LAUDER on 15th February 2021 at 11:51 am
https://www.small-screen.co.uk/texas-winter-storm-the-day-after-tomorrow/
Texas Deploys National Guard As 'Grid Chaos' Leaves Millions Freezing In Darkness
Tyler Durden's MONDAY, FEB 15, 2021 - 9:12
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/grid-chaos-2-million-texans-without-power-rolling-blackout-begin
This Blizzard Exposes The Perils Of Attempting To
‘Electrify Everything’
Robert Bryce Feb
15, 2021,10:16am EST
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertbryce/2021/02/15/this-blizzard-exposes-the-perils-of-attempting-to-electrify-everything/?sh=2304ed867e15
The outage of sanity. As Texas freezes in power cuts, the
only sure renewable is climate madness
Melanie Phillips
Feb 16, 2021
https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/the-outage-of-sanity
Texas Freeze Raises Cost Of Charging A Tesla To $900
By Charles Kennedy - Feb 16, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Texas-Freeze-Raises-Cost-Of-Charging-A-Tesla-To-900.html
Texas frozen wind power – outages ensue, electricity now at unheard of $9000 per megawatt-hour
Anthony Watts Feb 16, 2021
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/02/15/texas-frozen-wind-power-outages-ensue-electricity-now-at-unheard-of-9000-per-megawatt-hour/
David Middleton Feb 16, 2021
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/02/15/the-day-after-tomorrow-dallas-edition/
Texas storm shuttering green energy an 'avoidable
tragedy': Ex-energy secretary
Dan Brouillette argues Texas winter storm shows a
'diverse energy supply' is needed
By Talia KaplanFOXBusiness February 16, 2021
https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/texas-winter-storm-shows-diverse-energy-supply-needed-ex-energy-secretary
Texas Bans NatGas Exports Out Of State, 7 Million Under
'Boil-Water' Notice
Tyler Durden WEDNESDAY,
FEB 17, 2021 - 17:33
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/real-size-texas-blackouts-could-have-plunged-15-million-people-darkness
Two Million? Five Million? Real Size of U.S. Blackouts a
Mystery
By Lynn Doan February
17, 2021, 10:40 AM Updated on February 17, 2021, 7:00 PM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/two-million-five-million-real-size-of-u-s-blackouts-a-mystery?sref=RJ2RlMrh
Texas: Time To Get Rid Of This Ridiculous Wind Power
February 17, 2021/ Francis Menton
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2021-2-17-texas-time-to-get-rid-of-this-ridiculous-wind-power
Texas Spins Into
the Wind
An electricity grid that relies on renewables also needs
nuclear or coal power.
By The Editorial Board Updated Feb. 17, 2021 9:39 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-spins-into-the-wind-11613605698
This Basic Math Shows How Wind Energy Failures
Contributed To Texas’s Deadly Power Loss
Daniel Turner FEBRUARY
18, 2021
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/18/basic-math-shows-wind-energy-failures-contributed-to-texas-deadly-power-loss/
One Texas Resident Still Has Power, but His Bill Is Now
Over $8,000
BY ALEXANDRA GARRETT ON 2/18/21 AT 3:37 PM EST
https://www.newsweek.com/one-texas-resident-still-has-power-his-bill-now-over-8000-1570343
Texas Was "Seconds And Minutes" From Complete
Disaster
Tyler Durden THURSDAY,
FEB 18, 2021 - 19:22
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/texas-was-seconds-and-minutes-complete-disaster
US power line tensions grow over green energy surge
Stakes rise as electricity grid becomes speedy route to
cut carbon emissions
Gregory Meyer in New York FEBRUARY 18 2021
https://www.ft.com/content/1742140f-5dd6-4808-8ad7-526404482058
TEXAS’S BLACKOUTS ARE THE RESULT OF UNRELIABLE 'GREEN'
ENERGY
By Jason A. Isaac
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/texass-blackouts-are-the-result-of-unreliable-green-energy
The Failure Of The Texas Power Grid Is Worse Than You
Think
John Daniel Davidson
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/18/the-failure-of-the-texas-power-grid-is-worse-than-you-think/
Press Secretary Psaki: Biden Administration Sending
Emergency Diesel Generators to Texas
Eric Worrall February 18, 2021
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/02/18/press-secretary-psaki-biden-administration-sending-emergency-diesel-generators-to-texas/
'How in the world can anyone pay that?': Some seeing
electric bills as high as $17K in wake of Texas winter storm
Jason Wheeler Published:
9:36 PM CST February 18, 2021
Updated: 10:33 PM CST February 18, 2021
https://www.wfaa.com/article/money/business/right-on-the-money/how-in-the-world-can-anyone-pay-that-some-seeing-electric-bills-as-high-as-17k-in-wake-of-texas-winter-storm/287-14a54a65-39cb-4d1c-931c-0d003002f529
Assigning Blame for the Blackouts in Texas
Posted on February 18, 2021 By Planning Engineer
https://judithcurry.com/2021/02/18/assigning-blame-for-the-blackouts-in-texas/
"Disasters Within Disaster" - Death Toll Rises
To 30 As Texas Energy Crisis Hits Sixth Day
Tyler Durden THURSDAY,
FEB 18, 2021 - 11:55
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/texas-energy-crisis-hits-sixth-day-spreads-mexico
Stop Being Ridiculous: A Green New Deal Would Make
Snowstorms And Blackouts Worse
Auguste Meyrat FEBRUARY
19, 2021
https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/19/stop-being-ridiculous-a-green-new-deal-would-make-snowstorms-and-blackouts-worse/
Outages Morph Into Outrage As Texans Slapped With
"Mind-Blowing" Power Bills
Tyler Durden FRIDAY,
FEB 19, 2021 - 8:35
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/outages-morph-outrage-texans-slapped-mind-blowing-power-bills
Profit warning as Texas freeze halts wind farms
Date: 19/02/21Reuters
https://www.thegwpf.com/profit-warning-as-texas-freeze-halts-wind-farms/
The Texas Freeze: Why the Power Grid Failed
The state’s electricity system was considered a model. This week’s outages revealed shortcomings in the market structure.
By Katherine Blunt and Russell Gold Feb. 19, 2021 6:41 pm ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-freeze-power-grid-failure-electricity-market-incentives-11613777856?mod=business_lead_pos6
The Texas Blackout and Preparing for the Past
One lesson of the Texas energy crisis is surely a need to
make infrastructure robust to the past in order to better prepare for the
future
Roger Pielke Jr. Feb
19, 2021
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-texas-blackout-and-preparing
Tyler Durden SATURDAY, FEB 20, 2021 - 10:45
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/cascend-data-shows-wind-power-was-chief-culprit-texas-grid-collapse
As Texas deep freeze subsides, some households now face
electricity bills as high as $10,000
“The last thing an awful lot of people need right now is
a higher electric bill — and that’s unfortunately something a lot of people
will get stuck with."
By Leticia Miranda
Feb. 20, 2021, 4:52 AM PST / Updated Feb. 20, 2021, 5:06 AM PST
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/deep-freeze-subsides-texans-now-face-electricity-bills-10-000-n1258362
By Andy May Feb 20, 2021
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/02/20/the-texas-energy-disaster/
The blackouts have only just begun
BY ISAAC ORR AND JASON HAYES, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS —
02/20/21 08:00 AM EST
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/539392-the-blackouts-have-only-just-begun
Gas up 18% since election, could surpass $4 under Biden
by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist | | February 11, 2021 08:23 AM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/gas-up-18-since-election-could-surpass-4-under-biden
Biden’s Drilling Ban Devastates New Mexico While Boosting America’s Competitors
By Kevin Mooney February 17, 2021
https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2021/02/17/bidens_drilling_ban_devastates_new_mexico_while_boosting_americas_competitors_660694.html
Germany’s ‘Green’ Energy Failure: Germany turns back to
coal and natural gas as millions of its solar panels are blanketed in snow and
ice
Laurie Foti Feb
12, 2021
https://worldnewsera.com/news/startups/germanys-green-energy-failure-germany-turns-back-to-coal-and-natural-gas-as-millions-of-its-solar-panels-are-blanketed-in-snow-and-ice-tech-news-startup/
World’s ‘solar and wind capital’ freezing due to snow ‘blanketing millions’ of solar panels (Germany)
Sky News Australia Feb 14, 2021
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/worlds-solar-and-wind-capital-freezing-due-to-snow-blanketing-millions-of-solar-panels/ar-BB1dF9Dp?ocid=sl
UK climate policies are to blame for making fuel poverty worse
Date: 15/02/21 John Constable, GWPF Energy Editor
https://www.thegwpf.com/green-energy-costs-and-fuel-poverty/
GWPF accuses Government of driving up electricity prices and energy poverty
Date: 15/02/21 Press Release, Global Warming Policy Forum
https://www.thegwpf.com/gwpf-accuses-government-of-driving-up-electricity-prices-and-energy-poverty/
Green Folly: Berlin’s City E-Buses Leave Passengers Out
In The Cold…Diesel Buses To The Rescue
By P Gosselin on 17. February 2021
https://notrickszone.com/2021/02/17/green-folly-berlins-city-e-buses-leave-passengers-out-in-the-cold-diesel-buses-to-the-rescue/
WHO and the “Climate Emergency”
Willis Eschenbach Feb 16, 2021
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/02/15/who-and-the-climate-emergency/
Cost of offshore wind power is high and barely dropping?
February 19, 2021
https://greentechlead.com/wind/cost-of-offshore-wind-power-is-high-and-barely-dropping-37144
U.K. Economy Suffers Biggest Slump in 300 Years Amid Covid-19 Lockdowns
By Jason Douglas and Paul Hannon Feb. 12, 2021 8:17 am ET
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-economy-suffers-biggest-slump-in-300-years-amid-covid-19-lockdowns-11613118912
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See also:
Energy 137, Piki Lopez's climate and energy alarmism, December 26, 2020
Energy 138, China coal and Europe near blackout, February 01, 2021
Energy 139, Immediate impact of Biden policies vs fracking, killing Keystone pipeline, February 09, 2021.
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