@ianbremmer If they are built for cold use. These wind turbines are very different than the wind turbines plaguing Texas!
@ianbremmer Still mutilate birds though. 30+ years from now we’ll be adding more birds to endangered species list I’m sure
@ianbremmer Yeah because Antarctica's power generation totally dwarfs the amount of power generated by the wind farms in Texas, and is much more efficient in terms of cost per watt. Just kidding. Neither of those things is true, and this post is stupid.
@ianbremmer The ones built for cold climates have internal de-icers, at least for the last several years. I'm guessing Texas did not spend extra for that feature.
@ianbremmer @rands 🙄 Do they work in 110°F heat? I doubt it. Systems are designed for the 99% use cases. Same as design @rands - you don’t (and shouldn’t) design for 100% of scenarios. It’ll be worse and more costly.
@ianbremmer That’s irrelevant, propaganda. Temperature is not a key factor for wind turbines. Wind speed, ice & snow are. Wind turbines are used as secondary sources in Antarctica (diesels are the #1 energy source) because it is a desert, with ~2”/yr precipitation. @FuentesDeOnoro
@ianbremmer There was no wind. Here’s the data.
@ianbremmer There was no wind. Here’s the data.
@ianbremmer You never once looked into this, didn’t you?