WIND - Wind Aids Grid as Cold Hits Conventional Power

Renewable energy critics harp on the variability of wind and solar production, suggesting (or pretending) that this increasingly manageable challenge is some kind of fatal flaw. Meanwhile, these critics ignore that conventional power sources are no sure things themselves, particularly when the going gets rough, as it has this week in much of the U.S. with an extraordinary cold snap. For instance: Down in Texas, where memories of a 2011 ice storm ...

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