I’ve
been wondering why we drive past so many wind turbines that are not turning on
windy days. It could be some are just turned off for maintenance. I
imagine a constant process of some turbines, different ones each day, being out
of service at all times, while they get worked on. But sometimes we see
entire sections shut down; more than could all be worked on at once.
Now
I see in the news, that on some days the wind turbines in the panhandle produce
more energy than that area needs, but they can’t transmit that energy to other
areas of the state to use because that “special” grid we have in Texas won’t
support the transfer. That’s why they’re turned off. The Texas grid
is not only isolated from the entire rest of the country, so we won’t be
subject to federal regulations, but darn it, the grid can’t even properly share
within the state, a one-state grid!
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