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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by soco on Thursday April 08, 2021 @06:11AM (#26737012)
There are wind farms currently running in Alaska[1] which is arguably colder than Texas. The cold-related downsides seem to be well known and already addressed, so it's definitely not a technical issue here.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_Alaska

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by akvadrako on Thursday April 08, 2021 @06:29AM (#26737118)
It's a technical issue because the investment and power required to for the deicing necessary greatly reduces their efficiency.

It's an interesting question if Texas should require all turbines to have deicing capabilities which are almost never used.

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Re:Texas Senate passes bill aiming to counter federal subsid... by enraged_camel on Thursday April 08, 2021 @07:33AM (#26737516)
>> It's a technical issue because the investment and power required to for the deicing necessary greatly reduces their efficiency.

Interesting. Can you provide sources for reading?

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