Fossil fuel helicopter saves the day after windmill blades freeze in Texas
A fossil fuel helicopter saved the day after the windmill blades froze and left 1.3 million electric customers in Texas without power. Rolling blackouts continued through the next day and it continues still.
Fossil fuel helicopters sprayed chemicals to unfreeze them.
Nearly half of Texas’ installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators.-- More...
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