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Ten months since plunging temperatures in Texas shocked natural gas prices and triggered electricity outages as far north as Minnesota and North Dakota, power grid experts caution that the system may not be prepared for another bout with extreme weather this winter.
Ten months since plunging temperatures in Texas shocked natural gas prices and triggered electricity outages as far north as Minnesota and North Dakota, power grid experts caution that the system may not be prepared for another bout with extreme weather this winter.
As North Dakota leaders tout fossil fuels amid blackouts, grid operators say wind power met expectations The prolonged electricity blackouts in southern states that led to controlled outages in other parts of the country — including the Dakotas and western Minnesota on Tuesday morning — have put a national spotlight back on the debate over the reliability of intermittent renewable power amid a national push to phase out reliance on carbon-based fossil fuels. Written By: Adam Willis | × Though images of frozen wind turbines in southern states went viral durin...
Many, including this humble columnist, have warned that replacing baseload coal-fired power with intermittent wind energy is folly. The mouthpieces for the wind lobby have countered by suggesting coal's demise is just a product of the markets at work and that concerns about grid reliability are nonsense.
Power grid at center of debate over North Dakota’s energy future The possibility that North Dakota's largest coal-fired power plant will close in 2022 is driving a review of the state's energy policy and is causing friction over how to ensure the power grid remains reliable, with some officials worried brownouts could happen. Written By: Patrick Springer | Adam Willis | 12:00 am, Feb. 13, 2021 × Regional congestion on the power grid looms as an obstacle to further development of energy generation in North Dakota, prompting legis...