I work in a small municipal power plant and the big driver of all of this is a natural gas shortage.
The cold went so far south that a bunch of extra furnaces are on and its putting a huge extra load on the gas grid. Then a bunch of the natural gas wells are in the south but not set up for this cold of weather. The well heads are freezing solid.
Due to the green energy push we have been replacing coal power plants with natural gas. There is no gas to keep them running.
The wind turbines are having 2 problems. The lube oil in them down south is meant for warmer climates and is too thick to function in this cold. Then all the ice on the blades has them out of balance and if they can warm them up enough to get them to turn. The turbines will just tear itself apart.
Finally solar dosen't work well with ice and snow on the cells.
I wonder how many people are gonna die in the attempts to repair.
There is no gas to keep them running.
Hm. Is it possible that the sudden demand could help fuel a recovery in natural gas production? I know that the oil price drop did major damage to the sector.
I work in a small municipal power plant and the big driver of all of this is a natural gas shortage. The cold went so far south that a bunch of extra furnaces are on and its putting a huge extra load on the gas grid. Then a bunch of the natural gas wells are in the south but not set up for this cold of weather. The well heads are freezing solid.
Due to the green energy push we have been replacing coal power plants with natural gas. There is no gas to keep them running.
The wind turbines are having 2 problems. The lube oil in them down south is meant for warmer climates and is too thick to function in this cold. Then all the ice on the blades has them out of balance and if they can warm them up enough to get them to turn. The turbines will just tear itself apart.
Finally solar dosen't work well with ice and snow on the cells.
I wonder how many people are gonna die in the attempts to repair.
Hm. Is it possible that the sudden demand could help fuel a recovery in natural gas production? I know that the oil price drop did major damage to the sector.