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"Winter Storm Fern is the latest proof America’s power grid can’t depend upon
fossil fuels for reliable power, especially during extreme winter weather.
In PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest power grid operator, fossil fuel
power plants were forced offline due to constrained natural gas supplies and
frigid temperatures. On Sunday afternoon, PJM reported nearly 21 gigawatts of
generation was offline, roughly 16 percent of the grid’s afternoon demand.
But that forces the question – what kinds of power plants were offline?
Power market operators don’t report individual plant outages or say what type
of fuel outages occurred during extreme weather until long after the storm has
passed, but our analysts did some digging and the data is clear: Fossil fuels
failed during Fern."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
