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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by sremani on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:11PM (#26188683)
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)

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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by arnmac on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:26PM (#26188806)
Other is the South Texas Nuclear Plant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Texas_Nuclear_Generating...
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Re:The Texas power outage is a nation-wide problem by stephenhuey on Thursday February 18, 2021 @09:51PM (#26189007)
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.
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