Wind Turbines in Winter
February 18, 2021
Weird that we can run wind turbines just fine in deepest, frigid, Michigan winters, yet the fossil fuel funded politicians tell us that the turbines don’t run in the cold.
Only if you don’t weatherize, folks. They cut corners in Texas, and not just with wind turbines.
Gas, Coal, and nuclear plants failed due to lack of hardening to well-known potential hazards.
Big fossil lied, Texans died.
February 21, 2021 at 8:07 pm
The people who profit and the managers who get awards for reducing their expenses by cheaping out on maintenance are typically long gone when something fails because of that. This sort of natural human behavior is why we have regulations.