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What is going on in Texas? #ERCOTfail

Feb 17, 2021 3:45:00 PM / by Paul Fischer posted in Solar Energy, United States, Markets, Texas, Power Generation, Fossil Fuels, Coal, Wind Energy, Climate Change, ERCOT, Energy Transition, Technology, natural gas, Coal Plants, Power Outages, Republican, Democrat, txenergy, txwx, txpoweroutage, Climate Disruption, txlege

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Image: Weather Service International

This picture shows the temperature (in Fahrenheit) departure from normal during this recent cold snap. 

 

Late Sunday night, extraordinarily cold temperatures made their way into Texas. As the temperature dropped, the people of Texas switched on the heat, with much of it being electric, in an effort to stay warm. Unfortunately, people weren't the only ones to feel the cold grip of mother nature. Extremely low temperatures, ice, and snow caused power plants to go offline. As the demand for power rapidly shot up, supply drastically fell. 

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Breiter Planet Properties Official Partner of Generac

Nov 10, 2020 10:02:00 AM / by Paul Fischer posted in Solar, Energy, Solar Development, Property Owners, Residential Solar, Energy Storage, Modules, Solar Cost & Prices, Power Generation, Fossil Fuels, Investment Tax Credit, Investments, Forest Fires, California Fires, Solar Panels, Energy Generation, Electrification, Sustainability, Industrial PV, Industry, Batteries, Resilience, ESG Investing, Pollution, Solar assets, Markets & Policy, Capacity, Power Outages, Generac PWRCell

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Solar Plus Storage: Solving Power Outages

Aug 27, 2020 9:30:00 AM / by Paul Fischer posted in Solar Energy, California, Utility-Scale PV, Solar Industry, Installations, Distributed Storage, Solar Plus Storage, Distributed Solar, Breiter Planet Properties, Resilience, Transmission & Distribution, CAISO, Power Outages

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