Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by walrus01 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:02PM
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and yet 85% of their grid power is produced from gas, oil and coal, a tiny portion from nuclear.
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by sremani on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:11PM
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Texas grid is about a quarter powered by Wind. Since Wind and Solar are dynamic - there may be variations and how they are measured, but to claim Texas Electric Portfolio is 85% fossil is not right numbers.
Coal is almost dead and there is minimal oil for electric generation. Hawaii burns oil more than Texas.
I think there are 2 nuclear power plants .. one is Comanche Peak which is south west of DFW, not sure of the other.
edit: https://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=TX#tabs-4
(click the electricity tab)
Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by arnmac on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:26PM
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Other is the South Texas Nuclear Plant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Texas_Nuclear_Generating...
Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by stephenhuey on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:51PM
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Locals call it STP. I’ve looked at the blinking lights on the domes from my aunt’s farmhouse since childhood. It provides power to 2 million homes a couple hundred miles away in central Texas.
Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by ineedasername on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:07PM
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And even one of their nuclear plants had to shut down from the cold.
Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem
by seanmcdirmid on Friday February 19, 2021 @06:04AM
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One of the reactors of one of the nuclear plants. Each nuclear plant has two reacts, so 1/4 tripped.